Nyctemera amicus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Nyctemera
- Species
- Nyctemera amicus
- Scientific Name
- Nyctemera amicus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Nyctemera amicus
Nyctemera amicus, the senecio moth, magpie moth or cineraria moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Adam White in 1841. It is found in South-east Asia, Oceania, and most of Australia. It can also be found in New Zealand.
The larvae feed on Senecio species including S. linearifolius, S. quadridentatus, S. mikanioides, S. cruentus, and S. scandens. These food plants contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids, making the larvae unpleasant to taste and poisonous to birds.
...Nyctemera amicus in languages:
- English
- Senecio Moth
- English
- Australian magpie moth
- English
- Aussie Magpie Moth
- English
- Magpie Moth
- German
- Elster-Motte
- Māori
- Mōkarakara
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Nyctemera abraxoides
- Nyctemera adversata
- Nyctemera alba
- Nyctemera amicus
- Nyctemera annulata
- Nyctemera annulata × amicus
- Nyctemera apensis
- Nyctemera apicalis
- Nyctemera arctata
- Nyctemera baulus
- Nyctemera browni
- Nyctemera calcicola
- Nyctemera carissima
- Nyctemera cenis
- Nyctemera clarior
- Nyctemera clathratum
- Nyctemera coleta
- Nyctemera contrasta
- Nyctemera correcta
- Nyctemera dentifascia
- Nyctemera distincta
- Nyctemera evergista
- Nyctemera extendens
- Nyctemera formosana
- Nyctemera gerra
- Nyctemera gratia
- Nyctemera hampsoni
- Nyctemera herklotsii
- Nyctemera hyalina
- Nyctemera insulare
- Nyctemera kala
- Nyctemera kebeae
- Nyctemera kiauensis
- Nyctemera kinabaluensis
- Nyctemera kinibalina
- Nyctemera kotoshonis
- Nyctemera lacticinia
- Nyctemera latemarginata
- Nyctemera latistriga
- Nyctemera luctuosa
- Nyctemera ludekingii
- Nyctemera luzonensis
- Nyctemera maculata
- Nyctemera mesolychna
- Nyctemera montana
- Nyctemera muelleri
- Nyctemera obtusa
- Nyctemera owadai
- Nyctemera pagenstecheri
- Nyctemera pallescens
- Nyctemera ploesslo
- Nyctemera popiya
- Nyctemera radiata
- Nyctemera regularis
- Nyctemera scalarium
- Nyctemera sexmaculatum
- Nyctemera simulatrix
- Nyctemera sonticum
- Nyctemera sumatrensis
- Nyctemera tenompoka
- Nyctemera tripunctaria
- Nyctemera trita
- Nyctemera zerenoides
- Phasmatilema stevensii
- Podomachla acraeina
- Podomachla antinorii
- Podomachla arieticornis
- Podomachla chromis
- Podomachla insularis
- Podomachla usambarae
- Podomachla virgo































































































































































