Avatha subpunctata
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Avatha |
Species: | A. subpunctata
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Binomial name | |
Avatha subpunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1906)[1]
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Avatha subpunctata is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is a widely distributed species in New Guinea and Papua New Guinea.[2] It is also found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
The wings have a complex pattern of various shades and hues of brown and patches of black. There is a black-edged white dot at the base the forewings.[3]
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