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Nyctemera adversata

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Marbled white moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Nyctemera
Species:
N. adversata
Binomial name
Nyctemera adversata
(Schaller, 1788)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena adversata Schaller, 1788
  • Phalaena Geometra adversata Schaller, 1788
  • Nyctemera plagifera Walker, 1854
  • Nyctemera plagifera f. laticolora Reich, 1926

Nyctemera adversata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Myanmar, China territories like Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Hainan, Guangxi, Hunan, Henan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Japan (northern part of Honshu Island), Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java and Borneo) Philippines.[1]

Nyctemera adversata is a day-flying species.

The larvae feed on Erechtites, Erigeron, Gynura, Picris, and Senecio species.

References

  1. ^ Spitsyn, V. M.; Bolotov, I. N.; Gofarov, M. Y.; Vikhrev, I. V.; Bolotov, N.I. (2015-07-13). "

    First record of Nyctemera adversata (Schaller, 1788) and N. carissima (Swinhoe, 1891) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Myanmar

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    . Check List. 11 (4). doi:10.15560/11.4.1687. ISSN 1809-127X.
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