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Species of moth

Selepa plumbeata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Selepa
Species: S. plumbeata
Binomial name
Selepa plumbeata
Hampson, 1912

Selepa plumbeata is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, and Borneo.

Description

Its forewings are grayish. Submarginal closer to margin. There is a grayish triangle on the central costa.

Its larval food plants are members of the genus Anacardium.

References

  1. "Species Details: Selepa plumbeata Hampson, 1912". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. "Selepa plumbeata Hampson". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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Taxon identifiers
Selepa plumbeata


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