Cosmodes elegans
| Cosmodes elegans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Cosmodes |
| Species: | C. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Cosmodes elegans (Donovan, 1805) | |
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The green blotched moth (Cosmodes elegans) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in New South Wales, Norfolk Island, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia and New Zealand.
The wingspan is about 40 mm.[1]
The larvae feed on Lobelia species, Verbena species and Wahlenbergia species.[2]
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- ↑ Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (October 11, 2008). "Cosmodes elegans". uts.edu.au. Archived from the original on 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
- ↑ Hoare, R.J.B. (2017). "Noctuinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) part 1: Austramathes, Cosmodes, Proteuxoa, Physetica." (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 73: 1 – 130. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.73 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
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