About Nyctemera lacticinia (Cramer, 1775)
Scientific name: Nyctemera lacticinia (Cramer, 1775)
The wingspan of Nyctemera lacticinia is about 45 mm. Males lack a tuft of hair on the tibia of the foreleg. Head, collar and thorax are yellowish white and spotted with black. The abdomen is white, while its extremity is yellowish. Three black spots appear on the first abdominal segment, and slight black bands are visible on the next six segments from above. Two paired series of lateral black spots are present. The forewings are hair-brownish. A broad white streak occurs on the base of the inner margin. An oblique post-medial band of five white spots is present. The hindwings are white with a broad marginal brown band that has an irregularly curved inner edge. The larva is dull reddish, with a dorsal and two lateral series of radiating tufts of fine black hairs that arise from black tubercles. The first somite has two long forwardly projecting tufts. The pupa is reddish brown and forms within a rolled-up leaf. The larvae feed on Santalum species.
