Lebeda nobilis Walker, 1855 is a animal in the Lasiocampidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Lebeda nobilis Walker, 1855

Lebeda nobilis Walker, 1855

Lebeda nobilis, the tea-oil caterpillar moth, is a lasiocampid moth found across parts of East and South Asia, with larvae that feed on multiple plants.

Family
Genus
Lebeda
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Lebeda nobilis Walker, 1855

Lebeda nobilis, commonly called the tea-oil caterpillar moth, is a moth species that belongs to the family Lasiocampidae. This species has been recorded in Taiwan, China, Myanmar, India, Nepal, and Indonesia. The larvae of Lebeda nobilis feed on a variety of host plants, including Pteridium, Pinus, Rubus, and tea-oil camellia.

Photo: (c) Shipher (士緯) Wu (吳), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Lasiocampidae Lebeda

More from Lasiocampidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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