Nagia linteola

Nagia linteola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Nagia
Species: N. linteola
Binomial name
Nagia linteola
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Nagia accolytis Hampson, 1926
  • Catephia ecclesiastica Butler, 1874
  • Nagia griveaudi Viette, 1968
  • Nagia hieratica Hampson, 1926
  • Nagia homotima Tams, 1935
  • Serrodes leucocelis Mabille, 1880
  • Nagia megaruna de Joannis, 1932
  • Catephia pilipes Guenée, 1852
  • Nagia proselytis Hampson, 1926
  • Catephia syba Guenée, 1852
  • Nagia monastica Hampson, 1926

Nagia linteola is a species of moth in the Erebidae family, this species occurs in South Africa, Congo, Yemen, the Comoros,[1] Mauritius, Madagascar,[2] Indonesia (Borneo), Thailand and in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and Victoria.

The wingspan is about 50 mm. The forewings are dark brown and the hindwings are white with a broad black margin and a dark basal area.

The larvae feed on Terminalia and Lagerstroemia species. Pupation takes place in a cocoon spun on a tree trunk.[3]

References

  1. ↑ (in German) Pagenstecher, A. 1907. In: Voeltzkow, A. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–05. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse 2. Systematische Arbeiten, Heft 2 (Lepidoptera Heterocera von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika: Uraniidae, Geometridae, Noctuidae, Pyralidae, Thyrididae, ... - — :93–146, pls. 1–6.
  2. ↑ afromoths
  3. ↑ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia