Selepa discigera

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Selepa discigera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Selepa
Species:
S. discigera
Binomial name
Selepa discigera
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gadirtha? discigeraWalker, 1864
  • Selepa strigiferaMoore, 1885
  • Selepa discigera ab. canicepsStrand, 1917
  • Selepa discigera ab. hampsoniStrand, 1917
  • Selepa discigera ab. walkeriStrand, 1917
  • Selepa discigera caniceps, hampsoni and walkeriGaede, 1937

Selepa discigera is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. [1] It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, [2] New Guinea and Australia.

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Description

Its forewings are blackish. A black longitudinal streak with a whitish border can be found sub-dorsally. [3]

The larval food plants are Stillingia , Ficus and Rhus species.

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References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Selepa discigera Walker, 1864". 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. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. ↑ "Selepa discigera Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.


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