Heterorta is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae described by Warren in 1913. Its only species, Heterorta plutonis, was first described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1894. The species is known from Australia where it has been found in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Subfamily: | Acontiinae |
Genus: | Heterorta Warren, 1913 |
Species: | H. plutonis
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Binomial name | |
Heterorta plutonis (T. P. Lucas, 1894)
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Synonyms | |
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Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (29 August 2020). "Heterorta plutonis (T.P. Lucas, 1895)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 24 September 2020.[1][2][3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Heterorta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ Savela, Markku (16 November 2008). "Heterorta Warren in Seitz, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). "Heterorta Warren, 1913". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved 24 September 2020.