Grammodes oculicola

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Grammodes oculicola
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Grammodes
Species:
G. oculicola
Binomial name
Grammodes oculicola
Walker, 1858
Synonyms
  • Grammodes omatophoraLower, 1895

Grammodes oculicola, the small-eyed box-owlet, [1] is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. [2] It is found in the South Pacific basin, from Australia to the Society Islands.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

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References

  1. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (19 August 2019). "Grammodes oculicola 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. Archived September 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine . CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-916846-45-9.