Chrysodeixis illuminata

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Chrysodeixis illuminata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Chrysodeixis
Species:
C. illuminata
Binomial name
Chrysodeixis illuminata
(G.S. Robinson, 1968)
Synonyms
  • Plusia illuminataG.S. Robinson, 1968
  • Phytometra illuminataWarren, 1913
  • Chrysodeixis nesiotesDufay, 1974
  • Chrysodeixis albescensChou & Lu, 1979

Chrysodeixis illuminata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found across south-east Asia and the southern Pacific, including Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Timor, New Caledonia, Borneo, the Cook Islands, Queensland, the Chagos Archipelago and Samoa.


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