Australartona mirabilis

Australartona mirabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Australartona
Tarmann, 2005
Species: A. mirabilis
Binomial name
Australartona mirabilis
Tarmann, 2005

Australartona mirabilis is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in southern temperate mountain rainforests in New South Wales and southern Queensland. The length of the forewings is 8-8.5 mm. It is a weak flyer. Adults are on wing during the day. The larvae probably feed on Tetrarrhena juncea. Adults feed on flower nectar of Helichrysum species.[1]

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