Lagoptera regia (Lucas)

Swezey, O. H., 1946, Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Arctiidae, Agrotidae, and Pyralidae of Guam, Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 189, pp. 163-185 : 170-171

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5165313
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5223492
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B387B8-E94C-FFA9-FE74-8A6D97B302C2
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Lagoptera regia (Lucas)
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16. Lagoptera regia (Lucas) .

Thyas regia Lucas, Linn. Soc. New South Wales, Proc. II, 8: 151, 1894.

Lagoptera regia, Hampson, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae 12: 415, pl. 213, fig. 6, 1913.

Piti , Aug. 19, at light, Swezey; Fadian , Aug. 19, reared from a caterpillar on leaf of Barringtonia speciosa, Swezey ; Piti , Nov. 9, at light, Swezey. One specimen at Bishop Museum, Fullaway, 1911; and one at U. S. National Museum labeled " L. honesta " which I believe to be regia, Fullaway, 1911 .

This is a large moth known in New Guinea, North Australia, North Queensland and Fiji. Three specimens were obtained in Guam.