Platagarista
| Platagarista | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Agaristinae |
| Genus: | Platagarista Jordan in Seitz, 1912 |
| Species: | P. macleayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Platagarista macleayi (Macleay, 1864) | |
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Platagarista is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Karl Jordan in 1912. Its only species, Platagarista macleayi, or Macleay's day-moth, was first described by William Sharp Macleay in 1864. It is found in the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales.