Armactica columbina

Armactica columbina
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Armactica
Species: A. columbina
Binomial name
Armactica columbina
Walker, 1865[1]

Armactica columbina is a moth of the Nolidae family. It is found in New South Wales, Queensland and the north of Western Australia.

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The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults have dark grey forewings with a grey, then white, brown and black band along the outer edge, a small blue eyespot near the centre and a row of five eyespots in each brown band. The hindwings are yellow with a black border.[2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Cordia subcordata.[3]

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