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Chrysodeixis illuminata

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Family
  
Scientific name
  
Chrysodeixis illuminata

Phylum
  
Order
  
Genus
  
Chrysodeixis

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Species

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Chrysodeixis eriosoma, Chrysodeixis, Plusiinae

Chrysodeixis illuminata is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found across south-east Asia and the southern Pacific, including Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Timor, New Caledonia, Borneo, the Cook Islands, Queensland, the Chagos Archipelago and Samoa.

Adults are predominantly grey or pale brown in colour, with dark brown patches and a white blotch near the centre of each forewing. The hindwings are a uniform brown, fading toward the base. There are bunched hairs on the thorax.

References

Chrysodeixis illuminata Wikipedia


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