Gadirtha pulchra
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Nolidae |
Genus: | Gadirtha |
Species: | G. pulchra
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Binomial name | |
Gadirtha pulchra Butler, 1886
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Gadirtha pulchra is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1886. It is found from the Indian subregion to the Ryukyu Islands in Japan and Thailand, Singapore, New Guinea and Queensland in Australia.[1]
The larvae feed on Sapium and Excoecaria species.[2]
References
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- ^ Pogue, Michael (2014). "A new species of Gadirtha Walker (Nolidae, Eligminae): a proposed biological control agent of Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera (L.) Small) (Euphorbiaceae) in the United States". ZooKeys (382): 13–25. doi:10.3897/zookeys.382.6600. PMC 3950419. PMID 24624017.
- ^ Savela, Markku (31 May 2020). "Gadirtha pulchra Butler, 1886". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 5 August 2020.