Persectania ewingii Westwood, 1839 is a animal in the Noctuidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Persectania ewingii Westwood, 1839 (Persectania ewingii Westwood, 1839)
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Persectania ewingii Westwood, 1839

Persectania ewingii Westwood, 1839

The southern armyworm (Persectania ewingii) is a Noctuidae moth from Australia that migrates to Tasmania, with a ~40 mm wingspan.

Family
Genus
Persectania
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Persectania ewingii Westwood, 1839

Persectania ewingii, commonly called the southern armyworm, is a moth species belonging to the family Noctuidae. This species is native to southern and eastern Australia, and it often migrates across the Bass Strait to reach Tasmania. The wingspan of Persectania ewingii measures approximately 40 millimeters.

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

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Noctuidae › Persectania

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

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