Grammodes geometrica

Grammodes geometrica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Grammodes
Species:
G. geometrica
Binomial name
Grammodes geometrica
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Noctua geometrica Fabricius, 1775
  • Phalaena ammonia Cramer, [1779]
  • Grammodes bifulvata Warren, 1913
  • Grammodes orientalis Warren, 1913

Grammodes geometrica is a moth found from the Mediterranean east to Oriental and Australasian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Java and Australia. The adult is a fruit piercer. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.[1]

  1. ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (14 August 2008). "Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 15 January 2019.