Grammodes pulcherrima

Grammodes pulcherrima
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Grammodes
Species:	G. pulcherrima
Binomial name
	Grammodes pulcherrima; T. P. Lucas, 1892
Synonyms
	Grammodes clementiSwinhoe, 1901; Prodotis clementi(Swinhoe, 1901); Ophiusa pulcherrima(T. P. Lucas, 1892);

Last updated December 27, 2022

Grammodes pulcherrima, the comely box-owlet,^[1] is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1892.^[2] It is found in the northern half of Australia.

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References

↑ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (9 May 2019). "Grammodes pulcherrima T.P. Lucas, 1892 Comely Box-Owlet". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
↑ 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.

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[1] Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (9 May 2019). "Grammodes pulcherrima T.P. Lucas, 1892 Comely Box-Owlet". 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.

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