Nyctemera adversata
| Marbled White Moth | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Nyctemera |
| Species: | N. adversata |
| Binomial name | |
| Nyctemera adversata (Schaller, 1788) | |
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The Marbled White Moth, (Nyctemera adversata), is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Himalaya, Nepal, Bhutan, north-eastern India, Tibet, Indochina, China territories like Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Hainan, Guangxi, Hunan, Henan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Japan, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Sri Lanka and Borneo.
Nyctemera adversata is a day-flying species.
The larvae feed on Erechtites, Erigeron, Gynura, Picris, Senecio and Miyata species.
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