Nycteola poliophaea

Nycteola poliophaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Nolidae
Genus:	Nycteola
Species:	N. poliophaea
Binomial name
	Nycteola poliophaea; (Hampson, 1907)

Last updated August 17, 2025

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". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
↑ "Nycteola canaphaea sp. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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[1] "Species Details: Nycteola poliophaea Hampson, 1907". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

[2] Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.

[3] "Nycteola canaphaea sp. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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