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Nola fasciata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Nolidae
Genus:	Nola
Species:	N. fasciata
Binomial name
Nola fasciata (Walker, 1866)
Synonyms
Minnagara fasciata Walker, 1866 Nola nigrifascia Hampson, 1891

Nola fasciata is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka to Borneo, Taiwan, New Guinea and Australia.

Description

Its forewings are whitish with dark variegations. Hindwings grayish with a fading whitish base. The pale grayish postmedial line is double. Double fascia are strongly flexed from the costa. Costa bears pale grayish three plate with raised scales. Its larval host plant is Lantana camara.

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References

1. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
2. Savela, Markku. "Nola fasciata (Walker, 1866)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
3. "Nola fasciata Walker". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
4. "The Nolinae (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
5. "Nola fasciata Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
6. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (18 September 2017). "Nola fasciata (Walker, 1866)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
7. "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 4 December 2018.

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