Biology:Nycteola poliophaea
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Genus: | Nycteola |
| Species: | N. poliophaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Nycteola poliophaea (Hampson, 1907)
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Nycteola poliophaea is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by George Hampson in 1907.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka[2] and India .
Description
Its forewings are pale gray with zigzag, antemedial and postmedial fasciae. There is a dark tooth visible from the sub-basal which extends to the antemedial. Its larval food plant is Eugenia.[3]
References
- ↑ "Species Details: Nycteola poliophaea Hampson, 1907". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/f67d19e2ad933376a95d6993f0261846. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara) (79): 1–57. https://www.academia.edu/1782757/.
- ↑ "Nycteola canaphaea sp. n.". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/sarrothripini/sarrothripini_7_6.php. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q13491985 entry
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