Type species: Manobia nigripennis Jacoby, 1885: 73 Designation: by subsequent designation by Maulik (1926) Synonyms: Afroalytus Scherer, 1961 (synonymized by Biondi, 2001) Number of species = 100 Distribution: Old World Host plants: Urticaceae, Cyatheaceae, Asteraceae, Arecaceae, Epacridaceae, Pteridophyta Reference: Jacoby, 1885: 73