Manoba is a genus of moths in the family Nolidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1863.
Description Palpi long and porrect (extending forward), where the first two joints thickly scaled. Antennae heavily bipectinated (comb like on both sides) in male. Mid tibia with single pair of spurs, and hind tibia with two pairs. Forewings with vein 3 from before angle of cell, veins 4 and 5 from angle, vein 6 from upper angle, veins 7 and 8 stalked and veins 9 and 10 absent. Hindwings with vein 3 from before angle of cell, vein 5 absent, veins 6 and 7 stalked, and vein 8 from middle of cell.
Species
Manoba adriennae László, G. Ronkay & Witt, 2010 Manoba allani Holloway, 2003 Manoba albina Rothschild, 1912 Manoba albiplagiata Rothschild, 1912 Manoba argentalis (Moore, 1867) Manoba argentaloides Holloway, 2003 Manoba banghaasi (West, 1929) Manoba briggsi Holloway, 2003 Manoba bulli Holloway, 2003 Manoba carrei Holloway, 2003 Manoba chamberlaini Holloway, 2003 Manoba chirgwini Holloway, 2003 Manoba coadei Holloway, 2003 Manoba coxi Holloway, 2003 Manoba costimaculata Kiriakoff, 1958 Manoba cowleyi Holloway, 2003 Manoba divisa Rothschild, 1913 Manoba fasciatus (Hampson, 1894) Manoba gilletti Holloway, 2003 Manoba goodfieldi Holloway, 2003 Manoba greenwoodi Holloway, 2003 Manoba grisealis (Swinhoe, 1895) Manoba grisescens Rothschild, 1912 Manoba gyulaipeteri László, G. Ronkay & Witt, 2010 Manoba harthani (Holloway, 1976) Manoba implens Walker, 1863 Manoba izuensis (Inoue, 1961) Manoba javanica (van Eecke, 1920) Manoba jinghongensis T.Y. Shao, C.D. Li & H.L. Han, 2009 Manoba lactogrisea Rothschild, 1912 Manoba lativittata (Moore, 1888) Manoba lilliptiana (Inoue, 1998) Manoba major (Hampson, 1891) Manoba marshalli Holloway, 2003 Manoba melancholica (Wileman & West, 1928) Manoba melanomedia (Inoue, 1991) Manoba melanota (Hampson, 1900) Manoba microphasma (Butler, 1885) Manoba munda de Joannis, 1928 Manoba paucilinea de Joannis, 1928 Manoba phaeochroa (Hampson, 1900) Manoba poecila (Wileman & West, 1928) Manoba postpuncta Rothschild, 1913 Manoba potterorum Holloway, 2003 Manoba punctilineata (Hampson, 1896) Manoba rennicki Holloway, 2003 Manoba ronkaylaszloi László, G. Ronkay & Witt, 2010 Manoba shrimptoni Holloway, 2003 Manoba subfuscataria (Inoue, 1998) Manoba subtribei H.L. Han & C.D. Li, 2008 Manoba suffusata (Wileman & West, 1929) Manoba sumatrana (Roepke, 1948) Manoba terminalis Rothschild, 1912 Manoba tesselata (Hampson, 1896) Manoba tribei Holloway, 2003 Manoba triparallellinea (van Eecke, 1920) Manoba tristicta (Hampson, 1900) Manoba umbrimedia De Joannis, 1928
Selected former species
Manoba bipunctulata van Eecke, 1927 Manoba brunellus (Hampson, 1893) Manoba erythromedia (Inoue, 1998) Manoba fractilinea Snellen, 1880 Manoba obliquilinea Hampson, 1900 Manoba obscura Inoue, 1976 Manoba rectilinea Snellen, 1879 Manoba rufofasciata Rothschild, 1913 Manoba taeniatus Rothschild, 1916 Manoba umbrata van Eecke, 1927 Manoba yoshimotoi Inoue, 2000
Taxonomy Some sources list Manoba as a synonym of Nola Leach, 1815.
References
Han, Hui-Lin & Li, Cheng-De (2008). "Description of a new Nolinae species, Manoba subtribei sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from South China". Tinea. 20 (3): 144–145. László, G. M.; Ronkay, G. & Witt, T. J. (2010). "Contribution to the Nolinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) fauna of North Thailand". Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie. 15: 7–126. Shao, T.-Y.; Li, C.-D. & Han, H.-L. (2009). "Description of a new species of the genus Manoba from Prov. Yunnan, China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Nolinae)". Tinea. 20 (5): 307–308.