{{Short description|Species of moth}} {{italic title}} {{Speciesbox | name = ''Neochera dominia'' | image = Neochera dominia (Aganainae) (7171695394).jpg | taxon = Neochera dominia | authority = (Cramer, 1780) | synonyms = *''Phalaena dominia'' <small>Cramer, 1780</small> *''Aganais herpa'' <small>Snellen, 1879</small> *''Noctua chione'' <small>Fabricius, 1781</small> *''Phalaena Bombyx eugenia'' <small> Cramer, 1782 </small> *''Neochera stibosthetia'' <small> Butler, 1875 </small> *''Hypsa basilissa'' <small> Meyrick, 1886 </small> *''Neochera heliconides'' <small> Snellen, 1888 </small> *''Neochera butleri'' <small> Swinhoe, 1892 </small> *''Neochera zaria'' <small> Swinhoe, 1892 </small> *''Neochera affinis'' <small> Rothschild, 1896 </small> *''Neochera fumosa'' <small> Rothschild, 1896 </small> *''Neochera fuscipennis'' <small> Rothschild, 1896 </small> *''Neochera javana'' <small> Rothschild, 1896 </small> *''Neochera papuana'' <small> Rothschild, 1896 </small> *''Neochera proxima'' <small> Rothschild, 1896</small> *''Neochera echione'' <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small> }} '''''Neochera dominia''''' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics from India to Queensland and the Solomons.
The wingspan of an adult ''Neochera dominia'' ranges from 68 to 72 mm. They have a characteristic bluish gray ground color forewing, bold white streaking on the veins and pure white ground color hindwing, with bluish black spots in terminal area (which can be seen in the example picture in the infobox). In the male reproductive organ, the saccus is rectangular, with upside somewhat more narrow, with a nearby sclerotized semi-circular spur. The larvae feed on ''Marsdenia'' species.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Bayarsaikhan |first=Ulziijargal |last2=Na |first2=Sol-Moon |last3=Bae |first3=Yang-Seop |date=June 2016 |title=Review of the subfamily Aganainae (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) from Cambodia |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2287884X16300097 |journal=Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity |language=en |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=225 |doi=10.1016/j.japb.2016.02.010 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
As of 2016, the only sample of these species are collected in Bokor, Cambodia in 2013.<ref name=":0" />
==Subspecies== The moth can be found in Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, India, South China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Philippines, North Australia:<ref name=":0" /> *''Neochera dominia affinis'' (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea) *''Neochera dominia basilissa'' (Australia, Indonesia) *''Neochera dominia butleri'' (China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Sikkim, Thailand, northern Vietnam) *''Neochera dominia contraria'' (Vanuatu) *''Neochera dominia dominia'' (India, Indonesia) *''Neochera dominia eugenia'' (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Philippines) *''Neochera dominia fumosa'' (Indonesia) *''Neochera dominia fuscipennis'' (Papua New Guinea) *''Neochera dominia heliconides'' (Sumbawa, Philippines: Palawan, Luzon, Negros) *''Neochera dominia herpa'' (Indonesia) *''Neochera dominia javana'' (Indonesia) *''Neochera dominia papuana'' (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) *''Neochera dominia proxima'' (Indonesia: Java and Timor, Papua New Guinea) *''Neochera dominia stibostethia'' (Buru)
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-6/aganainae/aganainae-4-1.php The Moths of Borneo] * [http://www.aganaidae.nl/main_detail.asp?Id=137 ''dominia dominia'' info]
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Category:Aganainae Category:Moths of Asia Category:Moths described in 1780 Category:Taxa named by Pieter Cramer
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