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
Anoba pectinata -
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 (extralimital to India) see Holloway, 2005 (references).
Anoba rigida at https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/anobini/anobini_1_2.php.
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- OD: Baniana pectinata Hampson, 1896, Fauna Br. India, Moths 4: 533. Text at: https://archive.org/details/moths04hamp/page/532/mode/2up
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/anobini/anobini_1_1.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/481661-Anoba-pectinata
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=560862
All links accessed on 24 Nov 2024
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Anoba pectinata (Hampson, 1896) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/anoba-pectinata, accessed 2025/04/23.