Calliteara farenoides

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Calliteara farenoides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Calliteara
Species:
C. farenoides
Binomial name
Calliteara farenoides
(T.P Lucas, 1892) [1]
Synonyms
  • Teara farenoidesLucas, 1892
  • Dasychira queenslandicaStrand, 1915

Calliteara farenoides is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Queensland.

The wingspan is about 40 mm for males and 60 mm for females. Females are white with a few brown lines on the forewings, while males have more pronounced lines and orange hindwings.

The larvae feed on Terminalia carolinensis . The larvae are dimorphic. There is a yellow form with an orange head which is covered with long yellow hairs. There is also a reddish form. [2]

Taxonomy

Calliteara farenoides is sometimes treated a subspecies of Calliteara horsfieldii .

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References

  1. Australian Faunal Directory
  2. "Australian caterpillars". Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2011-06-01.