Persectania ewingii

Persectania ewingii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Persectania
Species:	P. ewingii
Binomial name
Persectania ewingii Westwood, 1839
Synonyms
Noctua evingi

The Southern Armyworm (Persectania ewingii) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the South and East of Australia and often migrates across the Bass Strait to Tasmania.

The wingspan is about 40 mm. ^[1]

The larvae feed on Pisum sativum, Linum usitatissimum and Hordeum species and it is considered a pest on these species. It causes severe damage by chewing through the stems of the foodplant, thus severing the seedheads.

References

1. ^ Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (March 15, 2005). "Persectania ewingii". uts.edu.au. Archived from the original on 2008-08-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20080803175704/http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/hade/ewing.html. Retrieved 2009-01-22. 

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