Platagarista
| Platagarista | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Agaristinae |
| Genus: | Jordan in Seitz, 1912 |
| Species: | P. macleayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Platagarista macleayi (Macleay, 1864)
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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
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (21 October 2010). "Platagarista macleayi (W.S.Macleay, 1864) Macleay's Day-moth". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Platagarista". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ Savela, Markku (September 9, 2019). "Platagarista Jordan in Seitz, 1912". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Platagarista Jordan, 1912". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved December 3, 2020.