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Microplexia costimaculalis

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Microplexia costimaculalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Microplexia
Species:
M. costimaculalis
Binomial name
Microplexia costimaculalis
Guillermet, 1992
Asystasia gangetica, one of its host plants

Microplexia costimaculalis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic on the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. It has a wingspan of 22–24 mm.

The larvae feed on Clerodendrum speciosissimum and Asystasia gangetica.[1]

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