The male has a large tuft of hair arising from the base of the tibia of the foreleg. It differs from Nyctemera tripunctaria in the lower three spots of the post-medial band of forewing being separated and having another spot below them towards outer angle. Cilia white below the apex and at outer angle. Hindwing with the cilia white below the apex, and in most specimens at anal angle. The Sri Lankan subspecies has black veins 3 and 4 of hindwing and the spots of the postmedial band of forewing are smaller than other subspecies.
The larvae are purplish and hairy. Anterior somites yellowish. Each somite is black and marked with short dorsal and lateral white streaks. Pupa yellowish and spotted with black.[2]
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^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.
^Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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nyctemera, coleta, confused, with, marbled, white, spot, marbled, white, moth, redirects, here, other, moth, with, this, name, nyctemera, adversata, marbled, white, moth, white, tiger, moth, moth, found, from, india, philippines, from, japan, papua, guinea, cl. Not to be confused with Marbled white spot Marbled white moth redirects here For the other moth with this name see Nyctemera adversata Nyctemera coleta the marbled white moth or white tiger moth is a 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 The species was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1782 It contains four subspecies 1 White tiger moth In Kerala India Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Superfamily Noctuoidea Family Erebidae Subfamily Arctiinae Genus Nyctemera Species N coleta Binomial name Nyctemera coleta Stoll 1782 Synonyms Phalaena coleta Stoll 1782 Nyctemera nigrovenosa Moore 1879Description editThe male has a large tuft of hair arising from the base of the tibia of the foreleg It differs from Nyctemera tripunctaria in the lower three spots of the post medial band of forewing being separated and having another spot below them towards outer angle Cilia white below the apex and at outer angle Hindwing with the cilia white below the apex and in most specimens at anal angle The Sri Lankan subspecies has black veins 3 and 4 of hindwing and the spots of the postmedial band of forewing are smaller than other subspecies The larvae are purplish and hairy Anterior somites yellowish Each somite is black and marked with short dorsal and lateral white streaks Pupa yellowish and spotted with black 2 Subspecies editNyctemera coleta coleta Malacca Singapore Sumatra Java Nyctemera coleta melaneura Butler 1883 Nias Nyctemera coleta melas Rober 1891 Seram Bangai Moluccas Nyctemera coleta nigrovenosa Moore 1879 Sri Lanka References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nyctemera coleta 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 Hampson G F 1894 The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma Moths Volume II Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library This Nyctemerina related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nyctemera coleta amp oldid 1190115626, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
