Grammodes pulcherrima, the comely box-owlet,[1] is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1892.[2] It is found in the northern half of Australia.

Grammodes pulcherrima
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Grammodes
Species:
G. pulcherrima
Binomial name
Grammodes pulcherrima
T. P. Lucas, 1892
Synonyms
  • Grammodes clementi Swinhoe, 1901
  • Prodotis clementi (Swinhoe, 1901)
  • Ophiusa pulcherrima(T. P. Lucas, 1892)

References

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  1. ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (9 May 2019). "Grammodes pulcherrima T.P. Lucas, 1892 Comely Box-Owlet". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  2. ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. Archived September 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.