Oeonistis altica
| Oeonistis altica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Oeonistis |
| Species: | O. altica |
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| Oeonistis altica (Linnaeus, 1768)[1] | |
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Oeonistis altica is a member of family Erebidae. It is found in south-east Asia, including China, Hong Kong, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, northern India, the Philippines, Taiwan as well as in Australia in Queensland.[1]
Adults are deep yellow, with black markings on the forewings.
The larvae feed lichen, and possibly also on Flacourtia and Ficus species. They are pale grey with a black stripe along the back and hairy.
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