Biology:Platagarista

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Short description: Genus of moths

Platagarista
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Platagarista

Jordan in Seitz, 1912
Species:
P. macleayi
Binomial name
Platagarista macleayi
(Macleay, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Agarista macleayi Macleay, 1864
  • Agarista albamedia Lucas, 1891
  • Agarista tetrapleura Meyrick, 1891
  • Phalaenoides macleayi Swinhoe, 1892

Platagarista is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Karl Jordan in 1912. Its only species, Platagarista macleayi, or Macleay's day-moth, was first described by William Sharp Macleay in 1864. It is found in the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales.[1][2][3][4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7202151 entry