Taxonomic Information
Anoba Walker, 1858 species known from India
Anoba pectinata (Hampson, 1896) (Baniana). India (TL: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya; NE Himalaya, S. India); Sri Lanka.
Anoba noda (Swinhoe, 1899) (Iluza). India (Karwar, Goa).
Anoba lunifera (Hampson, 1894) (Baniana). India (TL: Ganjam, Odisha).
Anoba polyspila (Walker, 1865) (Athyrma). India (N. India); Bangladesh.
Anoba sinuata (Fabricius, 1775) (Noctua). India (Maharashtra).
Anoba tessellata (Moore, 1867) (Athyrma). India (West Bengal).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- Athyrma polyspila Walker, 1865. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 966; TL: North Hindostan; Silhet. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/966/mode/1up?view=theater
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pl. 12/28 as Bessacta polyspila.
Other Notes
Similar species
Anoba pectinata (Hampson, 1896) is close to Anoba polyspila (Walker, 1865), which Hampson (1896) states hardly differs from Anoba pectinata. Anoba pectinata (Hampson, 1896) male has pectinate antennae as shown in FBI, Hampson, Vol. 2, Fig. 289, pg. 514.
Females of Anoba pectinata and Anoba polyspila are more difficult to separate.
Online discussions on how to separate these two species are mentioned here:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=986449465210073&set=p.986449465210073&type=3
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35603446
Anoba rigida (extra-limital to India) see Holloway, 2005 (references).
Anoba rigida at https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/anobini/anobini_1_2.php.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Anoba polyspila (Walker, 1865) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/anoba-polyspila, accessed 2024/04/20.