Physetica caerulea

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

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

References
  1. 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. "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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