Pandesma submurina

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Pandesma submurina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Pandesma
Species:
P. submurina
Binomial name
Pandesma submurina
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Michera submurinaWalker, 1865

Pandesma submurina, the pale migrant, is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. [1] It is found in Australia in New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia. [2]

The wingspan is about 50 mm. Adults have brown forewings with indistinct darker markings. The hindwings are buff coloured with a large dark spot near the tornus.

The larvae probably feed on Fabaceae species.

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (5 July 2019). "Pandesma submurina (Walker, 1865)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  2. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (21 July 2012). "Pandesma submurina Walker, 1865". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 14 December 2019.