Misplaced Pages

Grammodes ocellata

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of moth

Grammodes ocellata
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Synonyms
  • Grammodes excellens Lucas, 1893
  • Prodotis excellens (Lucas, 1893)

Grammodes ocellata, the large-eyed box-owlet, is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by J. G. O. Tepper in 1890. It is found in the northern half of Australia.

The wingspan is about 40 mm.

The larvae feed on Phyllanthus maderaspatanus.

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.
Taxon identifiers
Grammodes ocellata


Stub icon

This Catocalini article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: