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The Laced Day-Moth (Ipanica cornigera) shown here was at the Olive Pink Botanic Garden in Alice Springs on the Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum).

Originally described as being found along Australian east coast, this species is found across mainland Australia.

Laced Day-Moth (Ipanica cornigera), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Laced Day-Moth (Ipanica cornigera), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Laced Day-Moth (Ipanica cornigera), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Laced Day-Moth (Ipanica cornigera), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Laced Day-Moth (Ipanica cornigera), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Laced Day-Moth (Ipanica cornigera), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Laced Day-Moth (Ipanica cornigera), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Laced Day-Moth (Ipanica cornigera), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Lepidoptera
  • Unranked: Ditrysia
  • Superfamily: Noctuoidea
  • Family: Noctuidae
  • Subfamily: Agaristinae
  • Genus: Ipanica
  • Species: Ipanica cornigera

Footnote & References

  1. Ipanica cornigera (Butler, 1886), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Ipanica cornigera

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