''Grammodes pulcherrima'', the comely box-owlet, 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 ...

of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

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 Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

References

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