Nycteola asiatica
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Species: | N. asiatica
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Nycteola asiatica (Krulikovsky, 1904)
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Nycteola asiatica, the eastern nycteoline, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Leonid Konstantinovich Krulikovsky in 1904. It is found in most of Europe and east across the Palearctic to Japan.
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Caterpillar
The wingspan is 22–25 mm. It closely resembles Nycteola revayana and is separable only by genitalic characters. The moth flies in two generations from mid-June to September and from March to April depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Salix and Populus species.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nycteola asiatica. |
- Kimber, Ian. "74.010 BF2423a Eastern Nycteoline Nycteola asiatica (Krulikovsky, 1904)". UKMoths. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- Species info
- Species info
- Lepiforum e.V.
- "Nycteola asiatica, nieuw voor Nederland (Lepidoptera: Nolidae)". De Vlinderstichting. (in Dutch)
Categories:
- Chloephorinae
- Moths of Japan
- Moths of Europe
- Moths of Asia
- Nolidae stubs