Pindara prisca

Pindara prisca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Pindara
Species:	P. prisca
Binomial name
	Pindara prisca; (Walker, 1858)
Synonyms
	Ophisma prisca Walker, 1858; Parallelia prisca (Walker, 1858); Dysgonia prisca (Walker, 1858)[1];

Pindara prisca is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found from Vanuatu and New Caledonia to the southern Cook Islands.

The wingspan is 23–31 mm.

The larvae feed on Decaspermum species.

References

Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series). Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.

"Dysgonia prisca". Moths in Fiji. Archived September 27, 2011. With image.
"Dysgonia prisca Fruit-piercing Moth". Cook Islands Biodiversity Database. Retrieved January 23, 2020.

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