Pantydia sparsa Guenée, 1852 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Pantydia sparsa Guenée, 1852

Pantydia sparsa Guenée, 1852

Pantydia sparsa is a 40 mm wingspan erebid moth found in Australia, Norfolk Island, and introduced to New Zealand in 2004.

Family
Genus
Pantydia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Pantydia sparsa Guenée, 1852

Pantydia sparsa is a moth species belonging to the family Erebidae. Its natural distribution includes Queensland and Norfolk Island, and it was introduced to New Zealand in 2004. This moth has a wingspan of approximately 40 millimetres. The larvae of Pantydia sparsa feed on a broad variety of plants, with recorded host species including Medicago sativa, Dillwynia ericifolia, and Exocarpus aphyllus.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Pantydia

More from Erebidae

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

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