Hylaeora eucalypti

Hylaeora eucalypti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Hylaeora
Species: H. eucalypti
Binomial name
Hylaeora eucalypti
Doubleday, 1849
Synonyms
  • Sorama inclyta Walker, 1862
  • Hyleora sphinx R. Felder, 1874
  • Hylaeora sphinx R. Felder, 1874

Hylaeora eucalypti is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in the southern half of Australia, including the Australian states of South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania.

Illustration accompanying original description (1849)

The larvae feed on Eucalyptus species.

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