Nyctemera calcicola

Nyctemera calcicola is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1988. It is found on Borneo.[1] The habitat consists of upper montane forest on limestone.

Nyctemera calcicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Nyctemera
Species:
N. calcicola
Binomial name
Nyctemera calcicola
Holloway, 1988

The length of the forewings is 23–25 mm. The forewings are black.

The larvae possibly feed on Senecio species.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Nyctemera calcicola Holloway, 1988". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  2. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Nyctemera calcicola sp. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved September 4, 2019.


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