Grammodes ocellata
Grammodes ocellata, the large-eyed box-owlet,[1] is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by J. G. O. Tepper in 1890.[2] It is found in the northern half of Australia.
Grammodes ocellata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Grammodes |
Species: | G. ocellata |
Binomial name | |
Grammodes ocellata Tepper, 1890 | |
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The wingspan is about 40 mm.
The larvae feed on Phyllanthus maderaspatanus.
References
- Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (7 November 2019). "Grammodes ocellata Tepper, 1890". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. Archived September 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
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