''Grammodes pulcherrima'', the comely box-owlet, is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...

first described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1892.Poole, R. W. (1989)
''Lepidopterorum Catalogus'' (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae
CRC Press. . It is found in the northern half of

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

References

Ophiusina Moths of New Zealand Moths described in 1892 {{Catocalini-stub