Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea
Noctuidae
Noctuinae
Nyctycia Hampson, 1906
Bombycia persimilis Hampson, 1894
= Bryotype Hampson, 1906: 382 (TS: Euplexia mesomelana Hampson, 1902: 200)
= Isopolia Warren, 1913: 110 (TS: Pachypolia himalayensis Hampson, 1906: 312)
Nyctycia strigidisca Moore, 1881 (Apamea)
Darjiling [Darjeeling, West Bengal, India]
= Pachypolia himalayensis Hampson, 1906: 312, f. 10 (TL: Sikkim)
= Morrisonia angarensis Draudt, 1950: 42, pl. 3, f. 14 (TL: Likian, Yunnan (China))
Worldwide three subspecies, <i>N</i>. <i>s</i>. <i>strigidisca</i> distributed in Central and Eastern Himalayas, <i>N</i>. <i>s</i>. <i>nigridorsi</i> Kobayashi, 1998 distributed in Taiwan, and <i>N</i>. <i>s</i>. <i>vargai</i> Ronkay, Ronkay, Gyulai & Hacker, 2010 distributed in Western Himalayas.
Distribution
Shimla
Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal
Indian Himalaya