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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Pindara |
| Species: | P. prisca
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| Pindara prisca (Walker, 1858)
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The wingspan is 23–31 mm.
The larvae feed on Decaspermum species.
References
edit- ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series). Vol. Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
External links
edit- "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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