Lophoptera squammigera
| Lophoptera squammigera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Lophoptera |
| Species: | L. squammigera |
| Binomial name | |
| Lophoptera squammigera Guenée, 1852[1] | |
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Lophoptera squammigera is a member of the moth family Noctuidae.
This species occurs in the oriental tropics from Sri Lanka to Sundaland, Sulawesi, Timor and the Bismarck Archipelago.
Host-plants of the larvae are Euphorbiaceae (Mallotus sp. and Briedelia sp.), Dipterocarpaceae (Shorea sp.) and Tiliaceae (Grewia sp).[2]
References
- Guenée, 1852, Hist. nat. Insectes, Spec. gen. Lepid. 7: 55.