Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Nolidae > Eligminae > Selepa
Selepa spp.
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- Early stages
- Distribution
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- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- Similiar species
- References
Selepa spp.
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Selepa spp. :Memecylon edule (Melastomataceae), Strychnos nux-vomica (Loganiaceae), Dendrophthoe glabrescens, Loranthus spp. (Loranthaceae), Cassia fistula, Vachellia nilotica (Fabaceae), Mangifera indica, Anacardium occidentale, Lannea coromandelica, Spondias pinnata (Anacardiaceae), Bischofia javanica (Phyllanthaceae), Camellia spp. (Theaceae), Castanea spp. (Fagaceae), Cinnamomum (Lauraceae), Duabanga grandiflora, Lagerstroemia indica, Lagerstroemia speciosa, Woodfordia fruticosa (Lythraceae), Elaeodendron glaucum (Celastraceae)?, Syzygium cumini (Myrtaceae), Excoecaria agallocha, Mallotus philippensis (Euphorbiaceae), Ficus racemosa (Moraceae), Gmelina arborea (Lamiaceae), Litchi chinensis, Schleichera oleosa, Mischocarpus sundaicus (Sapindaceae), Loranthus spp. (Loranthaceae), Manilkara zapota (Sapotaceae), Mussaenda frondosa (Rubiaceae), Phyllanthus emblica (Phyllanthaceae), Planchonia careya (Lecythidaceae)?, Pyrus, Rosa spp. (Rosaceae), Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae), Trema orientale (Cannabaceae), Theobroma cacao (Sterculiaceae), Terminalia elliptica, Terminalia chebula,Terminalia catappa, Terminalia myriocarpa (Combretaceae), Stereospermum chelonoides (Bignoniaceae), Solanum melongena, Solanum torvum (Solanaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Similiar species:
Selepa Moore, [1858] species known from the Indian subcontinent
Selepa celtis Moore, [1860]. Indian subcontinent.
Selepa discigera (Walker, [1863]). India; Sri Lanka.
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881. India; Sri Lanka.
Selepa ferrofusa (Hampson, 1905). Sri Lanka.
Selepa nigralba (Hampson, 1895). NE Himalaya.
Selepa plumbeata Hampson, 1912. India; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Selepa rabdota (Hampson, 1891). Nilgiris.
Selepa stigmatophora (Hampson, 1895). Sikkim.
Selepa molybdea Hampson, 1912. India (Kerala).
Selepa molybdea Hampson, 1912. India (Kerala).
References:
Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Nolidae > Eligminae > Selepa
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Pal, S. 2022. Selepa spp. . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/358517/Selepa-spp.
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