Ischyja albata
| Ischyja albata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Ischyja |
| Species: | I. albata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ischyja albata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) | |
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Ischyja albata is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in northern Australia,[1] but has also been recorded from Sulawesi.[2]
Adults have brown forewings marked with various mottled patterns. The hindwings have a large central blue patch. They are fruit piercers.
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