Taxonomic Information
Meganola Dyar, 1898 species known from the Indian subcontinent:
Meganola argentescens (Hampson, 1895) (Pisara). India (Sikkim); Nepal.
Meganola ascripta (Hampson, 1894) (Selca). India (Nagaland, N.E. Himalaya, Kerala, Assam, Meghalaya); Nepal.
Meganola brunellus (Hampson, 1893)( Rhynchopalpus). India: Nagaland, Sikkim, Assam; Sri Lanka.
Meganola cuneifera (Walker, 1862) (Melia). India: Sikkim, NE Himalaya; Nepal.
Meganola flexuosa (Poujade, 1886) (Nola). India: Sikkim; Nepal.
Meganola major (Hampson, 1891) (Nola). India: Nilgiris, Himachal Pradesh, NW Himalaya; Sri Lanka; Nepal; Myanmar.
Meganola margalla László, Ronkay and Ronkay, 2014. India: Uttar Pradesh; Nepal.
Meganola mediofusca László, Ronkay & Witt, 2007. Nepal.
Meganola nitida (Hampson, 1894)( Selca). India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, NW Himalaya, Sikkim, Nagaland, West Bengal.
Meganola ruficostata (Hampson, 1896) (Selca). India: Sikkim; Nepal; Bhutan.
Meganola scripta (Moore, 1888) (Roeselia). India: Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal; Pakistan.
Meganola scriptoides Holloway, 2003. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Meganola strigivena Hampson, 1894 (Selca). India: Sikkim; Nepal.
Meganola suffusata (Wileman & West, 1929) (Nola). India: Arunachal Pradesh; Myanmar.
Meganola tarka László, Ronkay and Witt, 2010. India: Assam.
Meganola tomkovichi László, Ronkay and Ronkay, 2014. India: Odisha; Sri Lanka.
Meganola triangulalis (Leech, 1888[1889]) (Nola). India: Sikkim, Mizoram, NE Himalaya.
Meganola tenebrosa (Hampson, 1896) (Nola). India; Bhutan; Nepal.
Meganola zirkalmashka László, Ronkay and Ronkay, 2014. India: Sikkim; East Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Meganola scriptoides Holloway, 2003, The Moths of Borneo 18: 27, pl.1, figs 21, 41. Type-locality: Borneo.
- László, G. 2016. A taxonomic and zoogeographical survey of the Meganola Dyar, 1898 generic complex (Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Nolinae) based on the Palaearctic and Oriental species PhD Thesis : 1-125, pl. 1-6. Pg. 73, Fig. 30.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/nolinae/nolinae_10_3.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/630705-Meganola-scriptoides
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Meganola scriptoides Holloway, 2003 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/meganola-scriptoides, accessed 2025/10/14.