Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Bityla
Species Bityla defigurata
Scientific name: Bityla defigurata
Bityla defigurata is a New Zealand moth species first described by Walker in 1865. It has a body length of 20mm. The larvae feed on Muehlenbeckia australis, Muehlenbeckia complexa the maidenhair vine.
Photographed early February
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