Nyctemera coleta
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Not to be confused with Marbled white spot.
"Marbled white moth" redirects here. For the other moth with this name, see Nyctemera adversata.
Nyctemera coleta, the marbled white moth or white tiger moth, is a moth found from India to the Philippines, and from Japan to Papua New Guinea. It is classified under the subgenus Coleta of the genus Nyctemera in the family Arctiidae. The species was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1782. It contains four subspecies.[1]
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White tiger moth | |
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In Kerala, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Nyctemera |
Species: | N. coleta |
Binomial name | |
Nyctemera coleta (Stoll, 1782) | |
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