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Lophoplusia giffardi

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Lophoplusia giffardi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lophoplusia
Species:
L. giffardi
Binomial name
Lophoplusia giffardi
(Swezey, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Plusia giffardi Swezey, 1913
  • Phytometra giffardi

Lophoplusia giffardi is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1913. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Molokai, Maui and Hawaii.

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  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7336.