Nyctemera calcicola
Appearance
Nyctemera calcicola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Nyctemera |
Species: | N. calcicola
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Binomial name | |
Nyctemera calcicola Holloway, 1988
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Nyctemera calcicola is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1988. It is found on Borneo.[1] The habitat consists of upper montane forest on limestone.
The length of the forewings is 23–25 mm. The forewings are black.
The larvae possibly feed on Senecio species.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku. "Nyctemera calcicola Holloway, 1988". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
- ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Nyctemera calcicola sp. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved September 4, 2019.