Biology:Nyctemera latistriga
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Short description: Species of moth
| Nyctemera latistriga | |
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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. latistriga
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| Binomial name | |
| Nyctemera latistriga Walker, 1854
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Nyctemera latistriga is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found from the Oriental tropics of India , Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, Sumatra, Borneo to the Philippines [1] and Lombok.
Description
Adults are day flying.[2] Differs from Nyctemera lacticinia in having the broad white streak on base of inner margin of forewing replaced by narrow streaks on costa, vein 1, and innermargin and by a very broad streak below he median nervure. The postmedial band of spots with the upper two conjoined. The fourth is very large and fifth absent.[3]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Nyctemera latistriga Walker, 1854". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/nyctemera/#latistriga. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ↑ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Nyctemera latistriga Walker". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-6/arctiinae/arctiinae-12-5.php. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/5/mode/1up.
- de Vos, Rob; Černý, Karel (1999). "A review of the Philippine species of the genus Nyctemera Hübner, [1820 with descriptions of new species and subspecies (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae)"]. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo. N.F. 20 (2): 133–188. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/NEVA_20_0133-0188.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q13523851 entry
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