Meyrickella torquesauria Lucas, 1892 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Meyrickella torquesauria Lucas, 1892 (Meyrickella torquesauria Lucas, 1892)
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Meyrickella torquesauria Lucas, 1892

Meyrickella torquesauria Lucas, 1892

Meyrickella torquesauria is a 20 mm wingspan Australian noctuid moth whose larvae feed on Callitris columellaris.

Family
Genus
Meyrickella
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Meyrickella torquesauria Lucas, 1892

Meyrickella torquesauria is a moth species that belongs to the family Noctuidae. It was first formally described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1892. This species is found in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. The wingspan of adult Meyrickella torquesauria measures approximately 20 mm. The larvae of this moth feed on Callitris columellaris.

Photo: (c) Donald Hobern, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Meyrickella

More from Erebidae

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

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