Moth
Meganola sp.
26.49, 89.53
Field Notes
Description:
White and strawberry pink with a touch of black. Looks fuzzy.
Habitat:
Campus of the Neora Valley Jungle Camp.Hilly. Forested. Himalayan foothills. Remote. Moth paradise. Wild and forested area; the porch lights draw the moths in.
Notes:
NMW 2016
I posted this on the FB group site Mothing and Moth Watchers. Roger Kendrick made this comment.It is a member of the Nolidae, indeed the nominate subfamily (Nolinae) and tribe (Nolini). Placed in the genus Meganola, but species placement is not so straightforward; is either M. nitida or M. subnitida, probably the former, as subnitida was described from Indo-China and the Malay peninsula.
Reference Links:
Meganola brunellus - Wikipedia
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PublishedJuly 23, 2016
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