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{{Short description|Species of moth}}
{{Speciesbox
| genus = Nola
| species = analis
| authority = (Wileman & West, 1928)
| synonyms = *''Celama analis'' <small>Wileman & West, 1928</small>
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}}

'''''Nola analis''''' is a [[moth]] of the family [[Nolidae]] [[Species description|first described]] by Wileman and West in 1928. It is found in [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Koçak |first1=Ahmet Ömer |last2=Kemal |first2=Muhabbet |date=20 February 2012 |url=https://www.academia.edu/1782757 |title=Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka |journal=Cesa News |publisher=Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara |issue=79 |pages=1–57 |via=Academia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/nolidae/nolinae/nola/#analis |title=''Nola analis'' (Wileman & West, 1928) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=4 December 2018}}</ref> and [[Hong Kong]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hkmoths.ihostfull.com/nol/nolidae.html?i=1 |title=Nolid moths found in Hong Kong|website=Hong Kong Moths |accessdate=4 December 2018}}</ref>

==Description==
The moth is belongs to a complex group called ''internella'' group taxonomically, until Hampson made ''pascua'' and ''quadrimaculata'' as synonyms of ''internella''. In 1928 Wileman and West identified that ''analis'' is a separate species different ''pascua''. However, all three species very closely resemble each other externally. Observation of the genitals is necessary to differentiate ''Nola analis'' from ''N. quadrimaculata''.<ref name= analiscomplex>{{cite web |url=http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/nolinae/nolinae_14_8.php |title=''Nola'' ?''quadrimaculata'' Heylaerts stat. rev. |website=The Moths of Borneo |accessdate=4 December 2018}}</ref>

The male has yellowish hindwings, brownish [[hair-pencil]]s and patches are associated with dorsum. A hair-pencil is enfolded in the dorsum. In tornus, underside has brownish scales. An irregular tri-arcuate submarginal present which defined sharply the darker distal area from paler basal area. Dark brownish raised scales are present on costa medially and [[antemedial]]ly. The caterpillar has a light yellowish body with a purplish band that runs laterally. Head glossy pale orange. However, some yellow and black variants can be observed with orange verrucae and green ventrum. Others are brownish black with yellowish-white marbling, and purple, orange and white verrucae. Lateral verrucae yellowish. Dorsal verrucae orange to white and black. A trapezium-shaped purple dorsal patch is found at A8. Secondary setae are present and are light grayish to translucent.<ref name= analiscomplex />

==Ecology==
The caterpillars are restless and feed on flowers. Early [[instar]]s are highly hairy, causing them to be easily blown away by the wind.<ref name=analiscomplex/> Pupation occurs in a triangular cocoon. Pupa lack a cremaster and have blunt ends. Larval food plants are ''[[Memecylon]]'', ''[[Terminalia (plant)|Terminalia]]'' and ''[[Lantana camara]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?PSpeciesqtype=starts+with&PGenus=Lantana&PFamilyqtype=starts+with&sort=Family&Familyqtype=starts+with&beginIndex=150&Speciesqtype=starts+with&Genusqtype=starts+with&PGenusqtype=starts+with&searchPageURL=index.dsml%3FPSpeciesqtype%3Dstarts%2Bwith%26PGenus%3DLantana%26PFamilyqtype%3Dstarts%2Bwith%26sort%3DFamily%26Familyqtype%3Dstarts%2Bwith%26beginIndex%3D30%26Speciesqtype%3Dstarts%2Bwith%26Genusqtype%3Dstarts%2Bwith%26PGenusqtype%3Dstarts%2Bwith |title=HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants |publisher=The Natural History Museum |accessdate=4 December 2018}}</ref> Plants in the following genera are hosts for ''N. analis'', ''N. internella'' and ''N. quadrimaculata'': ''[[Mangifera]]'', ''[[Durio]]'', ''[[Ricinus]]'', ''[[Pennisetum]]'' (seeds), ''[[Sorghum]]'', ''[[Acacia]]'', ''[[Cajanus]]'' (seeds), ''[[Nephelium]]''.<ref name= analiscomplex />

Timeline of the species' life cycle:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cabi.org/ISC/abstract/19770548616 |title=Bionomics of sorghum earhead webworms |publisher=CABI - Invasive Species Compendium |accessdate=4 December 2018|year=1974 }}</ref>

*Life span of egg = 2–3 days
*Life span of larval stages = 15 days
*Life span of pupal stage = 7–8 days
*Life span of adult male = 3–4 days
*Life span of adult female = 8 days

==References==
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[[Category:Moths of Asia]]
[[Category:Moths described in 1928]]
[[Category:Nola (moth)|analis]]

Nola analis - Revision history

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