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Alice Springs Moths | Alice Springs Moths Index
Ophiusa parcemacula, commonly known as the Owlet Moth (Atlas of Living Australia) and Figure Eight Moth (iNaturalistAU), is also know less commonly as the Fruit-piercing Moth. The common name Figure Eight Moth is based on the “figure eight shape”, although it is also described as a dark brown/black comma mark on the middle of the forewings. The moth has a wingspan of about 60 mm. The larvae are known to feed on Loranthaceae (mistletoe) and Melaleuca quinquenervia (Broad-leaved Paperbark).
Found in New Guinea, New Caledonia and Australia. Atlas of Living Australia have observations in the eastern part of Australia, Central Australia, Top End, Victoria, South Australia and various locations in Western Australia.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Unranked: Ditrysia
- Superfamily: Noctuoidea
- Family: Erebidae
- Subfamily: Erebinae
- Tribe: Ophiusini
- Genus: Ophiusa
- Species: Ophiusa parcemacula
Footnote & References
- Many thanks to Bjørn M Fjellstad for ID, member of Butterflies, Moths and other Invertebrates of Australia, https://www.facebook.com/groups/170745013686340/
- Ophiusa parcemacula (T.P. Lucas, 1891), Owlet Moth, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Ophiusa parcemacula
- Figure Eight Moth (Ophiusa parcemacula), ausemade, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/212198816
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