Nyctemera adversata
Appearance
Marbled white moth | |
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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. adversata
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Binomial name | |
Nyctemera adversata (Schaller, 1788)
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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
- ^ 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
". Check List. 11 (4). doi:10.15560/11.4.1687. ISSN 1809-127X.{{cite journal}}
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