Grammodes justa

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Grammodes justa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Grammodes
Species:
G. justa
Binomial name
Grammodes justa
Walker, 1858
Synonyms
  • Grammodes caecaPagenstecher, 1900
  • Prodotis caeca(Pagenstecher, 1900)

Grammodes justa, the plain box-owlet, [1] is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. [2] It is found in the northern half of Australia and Papua New Guinea. [3]

The wingspan is about 40 mm. The moths prefer the warmer climate of northern Australia and are considered a pest in the Northern Territory.

References

  1. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (5 January 2019). "Grammodes justa Walker, 1858". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  2. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. . CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-916846-45-9.
  3. Pagenstecher, Arnold (1899). "Die Lepidopterenfauna des Bismarck-archipels". Zoologica. Hft. 27-29: 1-267. 2 pl. (in German)