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Lophoplusia pterylota

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Lophoplusia pterylota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lophoplusia
Species:
L. pterylota
Binomial name
Lophoplusia pterylota
(Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Plusia pterylota Meyrick, 1904
  • Phytometra pterylota
  • Plusia newelli

Lophoplusia pterylota is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Maui and Hawaii.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on hollyhock.

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