Biology:Nyctemera adversata
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Short description: Species of moth
| Marbled white moth | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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, the marbled white moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johann Gottlieb Schaller in 1788. 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. (July 13, 2015). "First record of Nyctemera adversata (Schaller, 1788) and N. carissima (Swinhoe, 1891) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Myanmar". Check List 11 (4): 1687. doi:10.15560/11.4.1687. ISSN 1809-127X. http://biotaxa.org/cl/article/view/11.4.1687.
External links
- Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Nyctemera adversata Schaller". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-6/arctiinae/arctiinae-12-7.php. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q7070991 entry
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