Nyctemera calcicola is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1988. It is found on Borneo.[1] The habitat consists of upper montane forest on limestone.

Nyctemera calcicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Nyctemera
Species:
N. calcicola
Binomial name
Nyctemera calcicola
Holloway, 1988

The length of the forewings is 23–25 mm. The forewings are black.

The larvae possibly feed on Senecio species.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Nyctemera calcicola Holloway, 1988". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  2. ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Nyctemera calcicola sp. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved September 4, 2019.