Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Family

Noctuidae

Subfamily

Noctuinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Genus

Polia Ochsenheimer, 1816

Type Species

Phalaena nebulosa Hufnagel, 1766

= Polia Boisduval, 1828: 73 (A junior homonym of Polia Ochsenheimer, 1816, which is also the objective replacement name)
= Chera Hübner, [1821] 1816: 211 (TS: Polia serratilinea Ochsenheimer, 1816: 74)
= Aplecta Guenée, 1838: 217 (TS: Phalaena nebulosa Hufnagel, 1766). Aplecta is a junior objective synonym of Polia Ochsenheimer, 1816.
= Anartodes Culot, 1915: 125 (TS: Mamestra rangnovi Püngeler, 1909: 288). Anartodes was attributed to Oberthur by Culot, but no earlier published reference is found.
= Bompolia Beck, 1996: 73 (TS: Phalaena bombycina Hufnagel, 1766: 410)
= Ripolia Beck, 1996: 73 (TS: Hadena richardsoni Curtis, in Ross, 1835: lxxii, pl. A, f. 11)
= Antipolia Beck, 1996: 73 (TS: Mamestra conspicua Bang-Haas, 1912: 144, (4): pl. 6, f. 8)

Subgenus

Metallopolia Varga, Ronkay & Ronkay, 2018

Type Species

Mamestra culta Moore, 1881

Species/Subspecies

Polia (Metallopolia ) subviolacea kanchenjunga Varga, Ronkay & Ronkay, 2018

Type Locality

Kanchenjunga Himal, Deorali Danda, Torontan (Nepal)

Remarks

The nominotypic subspecies is known from Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China.

Distribution

States/Union Territories

Sikkim

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Indian Himalaya

Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

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