Selepa discigera Walker, 1864 is a animal in the Nolidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Selepa discigera Walker, 1864

Selepa discigera Walker, 1864

Selepa discigera Walker, 1864 is a moth species with distinctively marked blackish forewings whose larvae feed on three plant genera.

Family
Genus
Selepa
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Selepa discigera Walker, 1864

This species, Selepa discigera Walker, 1864, has blackish forewings. A black longitudinal streak with a whitish border occurs on the sub-dorsal area of the forewings. Larvae of this moth feed on species from the plant genera Stillingia, Ficus, and Rhus.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Nolidae Selepa

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

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