Taxonomic Information
Manoba Walker, 1863 species known from India.
Manoba adriennae Laszlo, G. Ronkay, Witt, 2010. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Manoba argentalis (Moore, 1867) (Aglossa). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, NW Himalayas, Sikkim, North India; Nepal.
Manoba fasciatus (Hampson, 1894) (Rhynchopalpus). India: West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland, NE Himalaya.
Manoba grisealis (Swinhoe, 1895) (Rhynchopalpus). India: Meghalaya, NE Himalaya.
Manoba lativittata (Moore, 1888) (Roeselia). India: Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Manoba melanota (Hampson, 1900) (Nola). India: Sikkim, Assam; Nepal.
Manoba phaeochroa (Hampson, 1900) (Celama). India: Sikkim, West Bengal; Nepal.
Manoba punctilineata (Hampson, 1896) (Nola). India: NE Himalaya; Myanmar.
Manoba tesselata (Hampson, 1896) (Nola). India: West Bengal, Meghalaya, NE Himalaya.
Manoba tristicta (Hampson, 1900) (Nola). India: Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Manoba tristicta -
Similar species is Manoba phaeochroa (Hampson, 1900). It is majorly grey, while M. tristicta is white
Celama phaeochroa Hampson, 1900. Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 29, pl. 18, f. 24; TL: Sikkim. Text at https://archive.org/stream/catalogueoflepid2brituoft#page/29/mode/1up
Moths of Nepal, Vol. 5, Pl. 140/19 as Rhynchopalpus phaeochroa.
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| Total | 4 | 1 | 1 |
- Nola tristicta Hampson, 1900. Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 37, pl. 19, f. 4; TL: Sikkim. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid2brituoft/page/37/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid13brit/page/n100/mode/2up?view=theater
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pl. 23/37 & 38.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1998. Moths of Nepal. Part 5. TINEA. Vol. 15 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl 140/18 as Rhynchopalpus tristicta.
- Joshi, R., Singh, N. and Laszlo, G.M., 2019. An updated Checklist of subfamily Nolinae (Lepidoptera, Nolidae) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 119(3), pp.263-281.
- László, G. M. & M. Sterling. 2020. Illustrated checklist of Nolinae (Lepidoptera, Nolidae) of Hong Kong, China, with description of two new species. Ecologica Montenegrina 33(33):35-58.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/496565-Manoba-tristicta
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Manoba tristicta (Hampson, 1900) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/manoba-tristicta, accessed 2025/04/30.