Meyrickella torquesauria is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1892. It is found in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Meyrickella |
Species: | M. torquesauria
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Binomial name | |
Meyrickella torquesauria T. P. Lucas, 1892
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The wingspan is about 20 mm.[1]
The larvae feed on Callitris columellaris.
References
edit- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (15 April 2013). "Meyrickella torquesauria (T.P. Lucas, 1892)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 21 July 2020.