Polydesma boarmoides is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. The species is found from the Indo-Australian tropics east from Sri Lanka, to Australia, Myanmar, Fiji and New Caledonia. It has also been recorded from the Marianas, Carolines, Society Islands and Hawaii.[1]
Polydesma boarmoides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Polydesma |
Species: | P. boarmoides
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Binomial name | |
Polydesma boarmoides Guenée, 1852
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References
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edit- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7336.