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Westermannia superba

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Nolidae

Genus
  
Westermannia

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Westermannia, Butterflies and moths, Eudocima phalonia, Nolidae, Notodontidae

Westermannia superba is a moth of the Nolidae family. It is found in New Guinea, Australia (Queensland), India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and on Sumatra, Borneo and Palawan.

Description

Wingspan is about 36mm. Head pure white. Thorax and abdomen yellowish white. Fore wings pale silvery brown. Basal costal area and the broad postmedial curved band whitish. These tow white areas conjoined at costa, and by the discocellulars and median nervure being white. Hind wings pale, suffused with fuscous towards outer margin. Larva pale olive-green, and thickly spotted with yellow. There is a yellow dorsal line can be seen on each segment.

The larvae feed on Lagerstroemia, Terminalia and Anogeissus species.

References

Westermannia superba Wikipedia