Selepa celtis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Nolidae |
Genus: | Selepa |
Species: | S. celtis
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Binomial name | |
Selepa celtis Moore, [1858]
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Selepa celtis, called the hairy caterpillar as a larva, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1858.[1] It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka,[2] Taiwan towards the Ryukyu Islands and Australia.[3]