Diarsia intermixta
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Diarsia |
Species: | D. intermixta
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Binomial name | |
Diarsia intermixta | |
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Diarsia intermixta is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae.[1] It is found from Queensland to Tasmania in Australia, as well as in New Zealand, and islands in the south Pacific.[2]
The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on Sinapsis alba, Arctotheca calendula and is considered a pest on Brassica rapa.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Diarsia intermixta (Gueneea, 1852)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
- ^ Hoare, Robert (2014). Moths & Butterflies of New Zealand. New Zealand: New Holland Publishers Ltd. p. 136. ISBN 9781869663995.
- Media related to Diarsia intermixta at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Diarsia intermixta at Wikispecies
Categories:
- Diarsia
- Moths of New Zealand
- Moths of Australia
- Moths described in 1852
- Taxa named by Achille Guenée
- Noctuinae stubs