Nycteola poliophaea
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Nolidae |
Genus: | Nycteola |
Species: | N. poliophaea
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Binomial name | |
Nycteola poliophaea (Hampson, 1907)
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Nycteola poliophaea is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by George Hampson in 1907.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka[2] and India.
Description
[edit]Its forewings are pale gray with zigzag, antemedial and postmedial fasciae. There is a dark tooth visible from the sub-basal which extends to the antemedial. Its larval food plant is Eugenia.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Species Details: Nycteola poliophaea Hampson, 1907". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Nycteola canaphaea sp. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.