Nycteola poliophaea explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Species Details: Nycteola poliophaea Hampson, 1907 . Catalogue of Life . 12 November 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. Web site: Nycteola canaphaea sp. n. . The Moths of Borneo. 12 November 2018.

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