Notioplusia illustrata
| Notioplusia illustrata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Notioplusia |
| Species: | N. illustrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Notioplusia illustrata (Guenée, 1852) | |
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Notioplusia illustrata is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is native to St. Kitts, the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico), Florida, Mexico, Panama and South America. It was introduced to Australia and South Africa.
Adults have brown forewings, each with a pale line and a red splodge. The hind wings are fawn, shading darker toward the margin.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Lantana camara.
External links
- Australian Faunal Directory
- Australian Insects
- mothphotographersgroup
- Bug Guide
- Lepidoptera of the French Antilles
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