Selepa discigera

Selepa discigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nolidae
Genus:	Selepa
Species:	S. discigera
Binomial name
	Selepa discigera; (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
	Gadirtha? discigera Walker, 1864; Selepa strigifera Moore, 1885; Selepa discigera ab. caniceps Strand, 1917; Selepa discigera ab. hampsoni Strand, 1917; Selepa discigera ab. walkeri Strand, 1917; Selepa discigera caniceps, hampsoni and walkeri Gaede, 1937;

Selepa discigera is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864.^[1] It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka,^[2] New Guinea and Australia.

Description

Its forewings are blackish. A black longitudinal streak with a whitish border can be found sub-dorsally.^[3]

The larval food plants are Stillingia, Ficus and Rhus species.

^ "Species Details: Selepa discigera Walker, 1864". 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.
^ "Selepa discigera Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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