Hectobrocha pentacyma Meyrick, 1886 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Hectobrocha pentacyma Meyrick, 1886

Hectobrocha pentacyma Meyrick, 1886

The five-banded footman (Hectobrocha pentacyma) is an Arctiinae moth found in three eastern Australian states.

Family
Genus
Hectobrocha
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Hectobrocha pentacyma Meyrick, 1886

Hectobrocha pentacyma, commonly known as the five-banded footman, is a moth species that belongs to the subfamily Arctiinae. This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. Its known distribution is limited to the Australian states of Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria.

Photo: (c) Victor W Fazio III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Victor W Fazio III · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Hectobrocha

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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