Nola fasciata explained

Nola fasciata is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka[1] [2] to Borneo,[3] Taiwan, New Guinea and Australia.[4]

Description

Its forewings are whitish with dark variegations. Hindwings grayish with a fading whitish base. The pale grayish postmedial line is double. Double fascia are strongly flexed from the costa. Costa bears pale grayish three plate with raised scales.[5] Its larval host plant is Lantana camara.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. 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 . Academia.
  2. Web site: Savela . Markku . Nola fasciata (Walker, 1866) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . 4 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Nola fasciata Walker . Digital Moths of Japan . 4 December 2018.
  4. Web site: The Nolinae (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia . Papua-Insects.nl . The Papua Insects Foundation . 4 December 2018.
  5. Web site: Nola fasciata Walker . The Moths of Borneo . 4 December 2018.
  6. Web site: Herbison-Evans . Don . Crossley . Stella . amp . 18 September 2017 . Nola fasciata (Walker, 1866) . Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths . 4 December 2018.
  7. Web site: HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants . The Natural History Museum . 4 December 2018.

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