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Selepa plumbeata

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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.[1] It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka,[2] and Borneo.

Description

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Its forewings are grayish. Submarginal closer to margin. There is a grayish triangle on the central costa.[3]

Its larval food plants are members of the genus Anacardium.

References

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  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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