Nola fasciata

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]

Nola fasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nolidae
Genus:
Nola
Species:
N. fasciata
Binomial name
Nola fasciata
(Walker, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Minnagara fasciata Walker, 1866
  • Nola nigrifascia Hampson, 1891

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]

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


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