Lophoptera squammigera

Lophoptera squammigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lophoptera
Species: L. squammigera
Binomial name
Lophoptera squammigera
Guenée, 1852[1]
Synonyms
  • Lophoptera costata Moore, 1885
  • Lophoptera vittigera Walker, 1865

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]

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