Ipanica cornigera Butler, 1886 is a animal in the Noctuidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ipanica cornigera Butler, 1886

Ipanica cornigera Butler, 1886

Ipanica cornigera, the laced day-moth, is the only species in the Noctuidae moth genus Ipanica, found on Australia’s east coast.

Family
Genus
Ipanica
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Ipanica cornigera Butler, 1886

Ipanica is a genus of moths that belongs to the family Noctuidae. This genus was erected by George Hampson in 1908. Ipanica contains only one species: Ipanica cornigera, commonly known as the laced day-moth. This species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1886. It is distributed along the east coast of Australia, ranging from Queensland to Tasmania.

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Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Noctuidae › Ipanica

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

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