| Pantydia capistrata | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Pantydia |
| Species: | P. capistrata |
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| Pantydia capistrata | |
Pantydia capistrata is a moth of the family Erebidae. [3] It is found in Fiji, New Guinea and Australia, including New South Wales and Queensland. [4]
The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are fawn. There is an orange line running parallel to the margin of each forewing. The hindwings have a broad dark edge. Males have a swelling on each antenna.
The larvae feed on the leaves of soy beans. They are brown with a darker strip down the middle of the back and two transverse black bands. They reach a length of 35–40 mm. [5]
Thysanoplusia orichalcea, the slender burnished brass, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is a polyphagous pest of vegetable crops that originated in Indonesia, from where it spread to Europe, South Asia, India, Sri Lanka, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In northern Europe it is a migrant species.
Tachystola acroxantha is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is native to Australia, but is an invasive species in New Zealand and Europe, probably imported with Australian plants.
Pantydia sparsa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Queensland and on Norfolk Island. This species was introduced to New Zealand in 2004.
Pantydia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Macroglossum hirundo is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Cook Islands, Fiji, the Society Islands, Australia, Papua New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands.
Nanaguna breviuscula, the pigeonpea pod borer, is a moth species of the family Nolidae. It is found from Sri Lanka and India east to Samoa. In Australia it is found in the Kimberleys in Western Australia, the northern part of the Northern Territory and from the Torres Strait Islands and Queensland to Sydney in New South Wales.
Gallaba ochropepla is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is known from Australia, including Tasmania, New South Wales and Victoria.
Xylostola indistincta is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1882. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka to New Guinea.
Scopula perlata, the cream wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in Australia, as well as Indonesia.
Aeolochroma mniaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Gilbert M. Goldfinch in 1929. It is found in New South Wales, Australia.
Schistophleps obducta is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1894. It is found in the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales.
Thallarcha macilenta is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1894. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.
Erygia apicalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka to Japan, Australia and the Solomon Islands. The habitat consists of lowland areas, including dry heath forests and softwood plantations.
Pantydia diemeni, the gap-lined pantydia, is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania, Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Western Australia.
Pantydia metaspila is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in China, Japan (Ryukyus), India (Maharashtra), Thailand, Taiwan, the Maledives, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi, the Tanimbar Islands, Seram, Papua New Guinea, the Caroline Islands, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, as well as Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Pantydia andersoni is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1874. It is found in South Africa and Zambia.
Dichomeris holomela is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1897. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.
Ardozyga haemaspila is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1894. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and South Australia.
Cryptophasa stenoleuca is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1894. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.
Cryptophasa nubila is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1894. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.
