Ophisma gravata
| Ophisma gravata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Ophisma |
| Species: | O. gravata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophisma gravata Guenée, 1852 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ophisma gravata [1] is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics to Okinawa, the Caroline Islands, New Guinea, eastern Australia and New Caledonia.
The larvae feed on Polygonum species.
Subspecies
- Ophisma gravata gravata
- Ophisma gravata pallens (eastern Australia and New Caledonia)
References
- ↑ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
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