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Heortia dominalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Heortia

Heortia dominalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Lederer in 1863. It is found in Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and on Ternate and Seram.

The wings are purplish black with ochreous basal patch and two large yellow spots.

Subspecies

  • Heortia dominalis dominalis
  • Heortia dominalis restricta Munroe, 1977 (Papua New Guinea)
  • References

    Heortia dominalis Wikipedia