About Nyctemera coleta (Stoll, 1781)
This species is Nyctemera coleta (Stoll, 1781). In males, a large hair tuft grows from the base of the foreleg tibia. It can be distinguished from the related species Nyctemera tripunctaria by several features of the forewing: the lower three spots of the forewing's post-medial band are separated, and an additional spot is present below these three spots, toward the outer angle of the wing. The wing cilia are white below the apex and at the outer angle. On the hindwing, the cilia are white below the apex, and are white at the anal angle in most specimens. The subspecies native to Sri Lanka has black veins 3 and 4 on the hindwing, and the spots of the forewing's postmedial band are smaller than those of other Nyctemera coleta subspecies. The larvae of Nyctemera coleta are purplish in color and covered in hairs. Their anterior somites are yellowish. Each somite is black, marked with short white streaks along the dorsal and lateral areas. The pupa is yellowish with black spots.
