Meganola triangulalis (Leech, [1889]) -

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

Meganola triangulalis -

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh2
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand11
West Bengal
Total13
  1. OD: Nola triangulalis Leech, [1889]. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1888: 608, pl. 31, f. 12; TL: Japan, Satsuma
  2. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen88zool/page/608/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. Plate at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen88zool/page/n672/mode/1up?view=theater
  4. Roeselia triangulalis; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 57. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid2brituoft/page/57/mode/1up?view=theater
  5. 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. pg. 176, Pl 23/81-82.
  6. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/nolinae/nolinae_10_1.php
  7. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/472964-Meganola-triangulalis
Note: Provisionally identified as the inner post-medial line is not clearly dentate, and there are no previous records of this species from NW Himalayas. 
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Meganola triangulalis (Leech, [1889]) – . 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-triangulalis, accessed 2025/11/07.