Nyctemera luctuosa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Nyctemera |
| Species: | N. luctuosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Nyctemera luctuosa (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863)
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Nyctemera luctuosa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1863. It is found in Papua New Guinea, Australia and the Philippines.[1] The habitat consists of mountainous areas.
The forewings are black with a broad irregular diagonal white band and a small white spot near the base. The hindwings are white with broad black margins.[2] Adults are variable in both pattern and ground colour.[3] This is a day-flying species.
The larvae feed on various plants, including Senecio scandens.
Subspecies[edit]
- Nyctemera luctuosa luctuosa (Batjan)
- Nyctemera luctuosa drucei (Swinhoe, 1903) (New Guinea, New Hebrides, Australia)
- Nyctemera luctuosa galbana (Swinhoe, 1892) (Sebu)
- Nyctemera luctuosa instructa Walker, 1864 (New Guinea)
- Nyctemera luctuosa onetha (Swinhoe, 1901) (New Britain)
- Nyctemera luctuosa syrnia (Swinhoe, 1903) (Fergusson Islands)
References[edit]
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Nyctemera luctuosa (Vollenhoven, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (27 April 2008). "Nyctemera luctuosa (Vollenhoven, 1863)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ De Vos, Rob. "Nyctemera (Luctuosana) luctuosa (Vollenhoven, 1863) | The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation.