Donuca spectabilis Walker, 1865 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Donuca spectabilis Walker, 1865

Donuca spectabilis Walker, 1865

Donuca spectabilis, the white-spotted owl-moth, is a Noctuidae moth found across most of mainland Australia, with a ~50 mm wingspan.

Family
Genus
Donuca
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Donuca spectabilis Walker, 1865

Donuca spectabilis, commonly known as the white-spotted owl-moth, is a moth species that belongs to the family Noctuidae. This species was first formally described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is distributed across most of mainland Australia. The wingspan of adult Donuca spectabilis is approximately 50 millimetres. The larvae of this moth feed on Acacia saligna.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Donuca

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

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