Grammodes pulcherrima

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Grammodes pulcherrima
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Dorsal view
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Ventral view
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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)

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.

References

  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. . CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-916846-45-9.