''Polyphagozerra reticulata'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
in the family
Cossidae. It was described by
James John Joicey and
George Talbot in 1916. It is found on
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
and the
Moluccas.
[, 2011: Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World. ''Neue Entomologische Nachrichten'', 66: 1-129.]
References
Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1916
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