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The Marbled White Moth

Nyctemera adversata

Photo by Dirga SP
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Field Notes

Description:

The large discal brown patch combined with a row of various sized patches on the hindwing distinguishes this species.

Habitat:

The species is infrequent in open and secondary forest habitats from the lowlands to 1500m.

Reference Links:

Nyctemera adversata, ::The Moths of Borneo::

Species ID Suggestions

The Marbled White Moth

Nyctemera adversata

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Nidhin Basheer
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Comments (2)
Dirga SP
Thank you so much for the ID, Nidhin. :)) i've been trying to find the name of this moth since weeks ago. But i couldn't find the correct name for it. I'll edit the name soon when i get access to my PC.

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