Two new species and a new record of the genus Meganola Dyar, 1898 (Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Nolinae) from Laos

The paper contains the description of two new Meganola phuana Cha & Bae, sp. n.) and a new record of M. tetrodon genitalia of the examined species are provided. Key words: Noctuoidea, strigivena species-group, flexuosa Introduction The genus Meganola Dyar (1898) is one of the most Region, more than 50 Meganola species are known 2019; Kononenko & Pinratana 2013; Laszlo 2016; The Nolinae fauna of Laos has been one of the least Nevertheless, there has been a recent increase in the new records of Nolinae from this highly biodiverse country fieldwork undertaken in Laos, a series of Meganola collected specimens revealed the existence of two undescribed strigivena and M. flexuosa species-groups. The M. flexuosa species-group is best characterized narrow and long basal lobe of valva (somewhat similar like, distally serrate harpe, and the medium-long, relatively (Laszlo 2016). The species-group harbors the following Ronkay & Wang, 2013, M. bryophilalis bryophilalis 1970). One of the Meganola species studied in this paper and, based on several distinctive morphological characters, Accepted by R. Zahiri: 20 Aug. 2021; published: 8 Sept.