Targalla delatrix | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Euteliidae |
Genus: | Targalla |
Species: | T. delatrix
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Binomial name | |
Targalla delatrix (
Guenée, 1852)
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Synonyms | |
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Targalla delatrix, the eugenia caterpillar, is a moth of the family Euteliidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is widespread in the Indo-Australian tropics to Fiji. It has also been recorded from Rapa Iti, the Society Islands and Hawaii.
The larvae feed on Eugenia uniflora and Syzygium cumini ( Myrtaceae). [1]
Targalla delatrix | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Euteliidae |
Genus: | Targalla |
Species: | T. delatrix
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Binomial name | |
Targalla delatrix (
Guenée, 1852)
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Synonyms | |
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Targalla delatrix, the eugenia caterpillar, is a moth of the family Euteliidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is widespread in the Indo-Australian tropics to Fiji. It has also been recorded from Rapa Iti, the Society Islands and Hawaii.
The larvae feed on Eugenia uniflora and Syzygium cumini ( Myrtaceae). [1]