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Armactica columbina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Hexapoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nolidae

Armactica columbina

Armactica columbina is a moth of the Nolidae family. It is found in New South Wales, Queensland and the north of Western Australia.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults have dark grey forewings with a grey, then white, brown and black band along the outer edge, a small blue eyespot near the centre and a row of five eyespots in each brown band. The hindwings are yellow with a black border.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Cordia subcordata.

References

Armactica columbina Wikipedia