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Lophoplusia violacea

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Lophoplusia violacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lophoplusia
Species:
L. violacea
Binomial name
Lophoplusia violacea
(Swezey, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Phytometra violacea Swezey, 1920
  • Plusia violacea

Lophoplusia violacea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1920. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

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