- Ophisma gravata
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Ophisma gravata Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Noctuidae Genus: Ophisma Species: O. gravata Binomial name Ophisma gravata
Guenée, 1852Synonyms - Ophisma pallens (Lucas, 1893)
- Grammodes pallens Lucas, 1892
Ophisma gravata [1] is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics to Okinawa, the Caroline Islands, New Guinea, eastern Australia and New Caledonia.
The larvae feed on Polygonum species.
Subspecies
- Ophisma gravata gravata
- Ophisma gravata pallens (eastern Australia and New Caledonia)
References
- ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 0916846458, ISBN 978-0916846459.
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