Nola fasciata
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Nolidae |
Genus: | Nola |
Species: | N. fasciata
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Binomial name | |
Nola fasciata (Walker, 1866)
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Nola fasciata is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka[1][2] to Borneo,[3] Taiwan, New Guinea and Australia.[4]
Description
[edit]Its forewings are whitish with dark variegations. Hindwings grayish with a fading whitish base. The pale grayish postmedial line is double. Double fascia are strongly flexed from the costa. Costa bears pale grayish three plate with raised scales.[5] Its larval host plant is Lantana camara.[6][7]
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[edit]References
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- ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Nola fasciata (Walker, 1866)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ "Nola fasciata Walker". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ "The Nolinae (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ "Nola fasciata Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (18 September 2017). "Nola fasciata (Walker, 1866)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 4 December 2018.