Nyctemera coleta
| Marbled white moth | |
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| Nyctemera coleta in Kerala, India | |
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| On flower with wings open | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Tribe: | Arctiini |
| Genus: | Nyctemera |
| Species: | N. coleta |
| Binomial name | |
| Nyctemera coleta (Stoll, 1782) | |
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Nyctemera coleta, commonly known as the marbled white moth, is a species of moth found from India to the Philippines, and from Japan to Papua New Guinea. It is classified under the subgenus Coleta of the genus Nyctemera in the family Arctiidae. It contains four subspecies:[1]
Subspecies
- Nyctemera coleta coleta (Malacca, Singapore, Sumatra, Java)
- Nyctemera coleta melaneura (Butler, 1883) (Nias)
- Nyctemera coleta melas Röber, 1891 (Seram, Bangai, Moluccas)
- Nyctemera coleta nigrovenosa Moore, 1879 (Sri Lanka)
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References
- ↑ Peter Smetacek (2010). "Subspecific status of the southern Indian population of Nyctemera coleta (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)" (PDF). Journal of Threatened Taxa 2 (4): 835–836. doi:10.11609/jott.o2417.835-6.