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Maurilia iconica is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1857. [1] It is found in Indo-Australian tropics [2] of Sri Lanka, [3] Australia to the islands of Samoa, Rarotonga and New Caledonia. [4] [5]
Forewings gray to reddish in variable patterns. Some specimen possess a crescent shaped reniform stigma. Dots of posterior half of the postmedial row is irregular. Caterpillar dark brown with some pale brown marbles. All subdorsal, dorsolateral, lateral and spiracular lines are whitish and broken. Setae blackish. Inter segments are greenish or orange tinged. Pupation occur in a whitish silken cocoon. Cocoon semi ovoid, dirty fuscous in color and boat shaped. [6]
Larval host plants include Vatica , Terminalia , Shorea , Anogeissus , Tectona and Saccharum species. [7]
Anomis combinans, the yellow-banded semi-looper moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in Australia, Sri Lanka, Borneo, New Guinea, Malaysia and Timor.
Aegilia describens is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, to New Guinea, the Bismarck Islands and Queensland, also on Christmas Islands in the Indian Ocean.
Aquis orbicularis is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Borneo.
Barasa acronyctoides is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in Oriental region and east to Sulawesi and Fiji.
Giaura tortricoides is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Sri Lanka, Japan, Andaman Islands, Borneo, Sumatra, Flores, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Bismarck Islands and Australia.
Lophothripa vitea is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Swinhoe in 1885. It is found in Indo-Australian tropics towards the Solomon Islands.
Maceda mansueta is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1857. It is found in Japan, Sri Lanka, Borneo, Malaysia, New Guinea, Fiji and Australia.
Nycteola indicatana is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Borneo, Java and the Solomon Islands.
Paracrama dulcissima is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka and the Bismarck Islands.
Ptisciana seminivea is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Moore in 1888. It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, to Sundaland, the Philippines and Sulawesi.
Xanthodes transversa, the transverse moth or hibiscus caterpillar, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands, the Nicobar Islands, China, Hong Kong, Vanuatu, Java, New Guinea, Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, Singapore, Indonesia and Australia.
Etanna basalis is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in Borneo, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, New Guinea, Australia, Vanuatu and Fiji.
Lasiolopha saturata is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, New Guinea and Australia.
Selepa celtis, called the hairy caterpillar as a larva, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Moore in 1858. It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan towards the Ryukyu Islands and Australia.
Earias cupreoviridis, called the cupreous bollworm as a larva, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in African countries like Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe to Asian countries like India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Indonesia and Hong Kong.
Beara dichromella is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in Sri Lanka, and India.
Beana terminigera is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and the Philippines.
Xenochroa chlorostigma is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Himalaya, Sundaland, Philippines and Sulawesi.
Labanda saturalis is a moth in the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, and from New Guinea to the Solomon Islands.
Nola fasciata is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka to Borneo, Taiwan, New Guinea and Australia.
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