Selepa celtis
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| 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 |
| 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]
