Grammodes ocellata

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Grammodes ocellata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Grammodes
Species:
G. ocellata
Binomial name
Grammodes ocellata
Tepper, 1890
Synonyms
  • Grammodes excellensLucas, 1893
  • Prodotis excellens(Lucas, 1893)

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.

The wingspan is about 40 mm.

The larvae feed on Phyllanthus maderaspatanus .

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References

  1. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (7 November 2019). "Grammodes ocellata Tepper, 1890". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  2. 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.