Manoba melanota (Hampson, 1900) -

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, Nagaland.
Manoba melanota (Hampson, 1900) (Nola). India: Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh; 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

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
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  1. Nola melanota Hampson, 1900, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 2: 35, Pl. 19, fig. 3 (Syntypes: m, India, Sikkim, NhM (BMNh), London).
  2. Rhynchopalpus erythromedia Inoue, 1998, in: Haruta, T. (ed.): Moths of Nepal. Part 5. Tinea 15 (Supplement 1): 93. Pl. 140, figs 23, 24, text figs 850-891 (Nola) (holotype: male, Nepal, Changma, NSMT, Tokyo).
  3. Moths of Thailand, Vol. 3, Part 2, Pg. 170, Pl. 28-30.
  4. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1264278-Manoba-melanota

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Manoba melanota (Hampson, 1900) – . 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/manoba-melanota, accessed 2025/10/30.