Nycteola mauritia
Nycteola mauritia | |
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Nycteola mauritia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nolidae |
Subfamily: | Chloephorinae |
Genus: | Nycteola |
Species: | Nycteola mauritia |
Binomial name | |
N. mauritia (Joannis, 1906)[1] | |
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Nycteola mauritia is a species of moth in the Nolidae family. It occurs only on some islands in the Indian Ocean, as Mahé, Mauritius and Réunion.
Their larvae feed on Myrtaceae species, like Syzygium cumini.[2] and Guava (Psidium pomiferum).[3]
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