Immetalia saturata

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Immetalia saturata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Immetalia
Species:
I. saturata
Binomial name
Immetalia saturata
(Walker, [1865])
Synonyms
  • Eusemia saturata Walker 1865
  • Eusemia longipalpisKirsch, 1877 [1]
  • Agarista doleschallii Felder, 1874
  • Agarista tyrianthina Butler, 1879
  • Agarista bruijni Oberthür, 1880
  • Eusemia doreana Swinhoe, 1892
  • Agarista prochyta Druce, 1894
  • Agarista cynapes Druce, 1894
  • Immetalia meeki Rothschild, 1896
  • Immetalia diversa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Immetalia saturata is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in New Guinea and Papua New Guinea. [2] [3]

This species is very variable in coloration.

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References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Immetalia longipalpis (Kirsch 1877)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  2. Kirsch, 1976. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Lepidopteren-Fauna von Neu-Guinea
  3. www.papua-insects.nl