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Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Family

Erebidae

Subfamily

Rivulinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Genus

Rivula Guenée, in Duponchel, [1845] 1844

Type Species

Phalaena sericealis Scopoli, 1763

= Cholimma Walker, [1863] 1864: 60 (TS: Cholimma leucanioides Walker, [1863] 1864: 61)
= Motina Walker, 1863: 12 (TS: Motina aequalis Walker, 1863: 12)
= Plotheia Walker, 1863: 460 (TS: Plotheia innotabilis Walker, 1863: 461). Plotheia Walker, 1863 is a junior homonym of Plotheia Walker, [1858] (Noctuidae). The objective replacement name is Thopelia.
= Rhazunda Walker, 1866: 1961 (TS: Rhazunda distributa Walker, 1866: 1962)
= Pasira Moore, in Hewitson & Moore, 1882: 197 (TS: Pasira ochracea Moore, 1882: 197). Pasira Moore is a junior homonym of Pasira Stal, 1859: 190 (Hemiptera). There is no objective replacement name but P. ochracea is congeneric with Phalaena sericealis Scopoli, the type species of Rivula Guenée, [1845]. The latter is therefore available for use as a subjective replacement name (Nye 1975).
= Rivulana Bethune-Baker, 1911: 532 (TS: Rivulana ochrea Bethune-Baker, 1911: 533)
= Alikangiana Strand, 1920: 123 (TS: Alikangiana signicosta Strand, 1920: 123)
= Paurosceles Turner, 1945: 156 (TS: Paurosceles geminipuncta Turner, 1945: 156)
= Thopelia Nye, 1975: 480 (TS: Plotheia innotabilis Walker, 1863: 461)

Species/Subspecies

Rivula microcyma Hampson, 1926

Type Locality

Upper Assam [Khasi Hills]

Ladakh Jammu & Kashmir Uttarakhand Sikkim Punjab Bihar WestBengal Odisha Maharashtra Karnataka Goa Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Kerala Arunachal Pradesh Assam Meghalaya Tripura Manipur Mizoram Rajasthan Gujarat Jharkhand Chhattisgarh Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Nagaland Haryana Delhi Himachal Pradesh Telengana Andaman & Nikobar Island Lakshadweep

Distribution

Specific Records

NE Himalaya

States/Union Territories

Meghalaya

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Indian Himalaya, North East