Nycteola poliophaea
| Nycteola poliophaea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Genus: | Nycteola |
| Species: | N. poliophaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Nycteola poliophaea (Hampson, 1907) | |
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
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
- ^ "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.