Physetica caerulea

Physetica caerulea
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Physetica
Species: P. caerulea
Binomial name
Physetica caerulea
(Guenee, 1868)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Spaelotis caerula Guenée, 1868
  • Physetica hudsoni Howes, 1906

Physetica caerulea is a species of moths of the Noctuidae family.[2] It was described by Achille Guenée in 1868.[3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. 1 2 "Physetica caerulea (Guenee, 1868)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  3. ↑ Guenée, Achille (1868). "New species of heterocerous Lepidoptera from Canterbury, New Zealand collected by Mr. R.W. Fereday". The Entomologist's monthly magazine. 5: 38–43 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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