Hong Kong Moths | Nolidae
Hong Kong Moths

Nolid moths found in Hong Kong
Noctuoidea: Nolidae

This page is an index to the 93 species of nolid moths documented from Hong Kong.
Each link (once active) leads to species information page containing details about that species.
Taxonomy used herein is sensu Zahiri et al. (2013a), with the following subfamilies found in Hong Kong:
Risobinae, Beaninae, Eligminae, Westermanniinae, Nolinae,
& Chloephorinae (tribes Eariadini, Careini, Gelastocerini, Ariolicini, Chloephorini & Sarrothripini)

Species are listed alphabetically within subfamilies & tribes, except for Nolini, where the checklist of László & Sterling (2020) is followed.
 

Felder, 1861

Risobinae (5 species)


Risoba basalis

Moore, 1882


Risoba diversipennis

(Walker, 1858)


Risoba obstructa

Moore, 1881


Risoba prominens

Moore, 1881


Risoba yanagitai

Nakao, Fukuda & Hayashi, 2016

Beaninae (1 species)

Eligminae: Eligmini (2 species)


Beana umbrina

Hampson, 1918


Baroa vatala

Swinhoe, 1894


Eligma narcissus

(Cramer, 1776)

Eligminae: incertae sedis (8 species)


Gadirtha fusca

Pogue, 2014

Nolidae: Eligminae: Lamprothripa scotia
Lamprothripa scotia

(Hampson, 1902)

Nolidae: Eligminae: Triorbis annulata
Triorbis annulata

(Swinhoe, 1890)

Nolidae: Eligminae: Selepa celtis
Selepa celtis

Moore, 1858

Nolidae: Eligminae: Selepa discigera
Selepa discigera

(Walker, [1863] 1864)


Selepa molybdea

Hampson, 1912


Selepa sp. indet. A

previously mis-identified as S. rhythmopis (an Australian species)


Selepa sp. indet. B

Westermanniinae (3 species)

Negeta contrariata, spotless form Negeta contrariata, spotted form
Negeta contrariata

Walker, 1862

Pterogonia cardinalis
Pterogonia cardinalis

Holloway, 1976

Westermannia elliptica
Westermannia elliptica

Bryk, 1913

Nolinae (34 species)

Nolinae: Nolini: Nolina (15 species)


Nola ceylonica

Hampson, 1893


Nola bifascialis

(Walker, 1865)


Nola lucidalis

(Walker, 1864)


Nola taeniata

Snellen, 1875


Nola thyrophora

(Hampson, 1916)


Nola mediolineata

László, Ronkay & Witt, 2010


Nola furumii

Sasaki & Jinbo, 2010


Nola kanshirensis

(Wileman & South, 1916)


Nola pascua

(Swinhoe, 1885)


Nola marginata

Hampson, 1895


Nola sp. A nr. leucospila

(Hampson, 1907)


Nola sp. indet. B

possibly undescribed


Nola marginata

Hampson, 1895


Spininola nepali

László, Ronkay & Ronkay, 2014

Spininola kendricki

László & Sterling, 2020

Nolinae: Nolini: Roeseliidina (19 species)


Melanographia flexilineata

(Hampson, 1898)


Casminola johanstumpfi

László, Ronkay & Witt, 2010


Inouenola pallescens

(Wileman & West, 1929)


Manoba tristicta

(Hampson, 1900)


Manoba lativittata

(Moore, 1888)

Manoba melancholica
Manoba melancholica

(Wileman & West, 1928)

Manoba fasciatus
Manoba fasciatus

(Hampson, 1894)

Manoba grisealis
Manoba grisealis

(Swinhoe, 1895)


Manoba punctilineata

(Hampson, 1896)


Meganola brunellus

(Hampson, 1893)


Meganola tenebrosa

(Hampson, 1896)


Meganola suffusata

(Wileman & West, 1929)


Meganola zolotuhini

(László, Ronkay & Witt, 2010)


Meganola triangulalis

(Leech, 1888)


Hampsonola ceciliae

László & Sterling, 2020


Xenonola limbata

(Wileman, 1915)

Aeneonola acontioides
Aeneonola acontioides

(Walker, 1862)


Barasa alopha

Hampson, 1896


Barasa acronyctoides

Walker, 1862

Chloephorinae: Eariadini (9 species)


Earias sp. nr. biplaga

Walker, 1866

Earias cupreoviridis
Earias cupreoviridis

(Walker, 1862)


Earias flavida

Felder, 1861


Earias insulana

(Boisduval, 1833)

Earias sp. cf. dilatifemur

Sugi, 1982


Earias luteolaria

Hampson, 1891


Earias roseifera

Butler, 1881


Earias vittella

(Fabricius, 1794)


Paracrama angulata

Sugi, 1985

Chloephorinae: Careini (6 species)


Carea angulata

Walker, 1862

NOL Carea varipes (larva)
Carea varipes

Walker, 1862


Maurilia iconica

Walker, 1862


Xenochroa sp. cf. moira

(Swinhoe, 1893)


Xenochroa internifusca

(Hampson, 1912)

Careini sp. indet. A

awaiting formal identification;
also known from India, Bangladesh,
Thailand, Vietnam and Hainan

Gelastocerini (2 species)


Beara tortriciformis

(Strand, 1917)


Gelastocera rubicundula

Walker, 1862

Chloephorinae: Ariolicini (4 species)


Gabala argentata

Walker, 1862

Labanda semipars
Labanda semipars

(Walker, 1858)


Titulcia confictella

Walker, 1864


Ariolicini sp. indet. A

id pending procurement of voucher material

Chloephorinae: Chloephorini (4 species)


Gariga mirabilis

(Swinhoe, 1890)


Hylophilodes pseudorientalis

Prout, 1921

NOL Hylophilodes tsukusensis
Hylophilodes tsukusensis

Nagano, 1918


Narangodes sp. cf. confluens

Sugi, 1990

Chloephorinae: Sarrothripini (15 species)


Blenina quinaria

Moore, 1881


Blenina senex

(Butler, 1878)


Gyrtothripa pusilla

(Moore, 1888)


Gyrtothripa variegata

(Hampson, 1894)


Nycteola indica

(Felder, 1874)


Nycteola sinuosa

(Moore, 1888)


Giaura multipunctata

Swinhoe, 1919


Giaura niveidisca

(Hampson, 1894)


Giaura robusta

(Moore, 1888)


Giaura sp. cf. tortricoides

(Walker, 1866)


Characoma glaucopasta

(Hampson, 1912)


Etanna breviuscula

(Walker, 1863)


Garella curiosa

(Swinhoe, 1890)


Garella ruficirra

(Hampson, 1905)


Sarrothripina genus & sp. A

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