Pataeta carbo

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Pataeta carbo (Moth) (family Euteliidae), one of the Euteliid Moths seen here in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. It is found in the Pacific region, including Australia (in the Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Queensland and Victoria), Fiji and Hong Kong.

The larvae feed on Eucalyptus and Callistemon plant species. The adult moth has a wing span of 50 mm.

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• Scientific classification
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Subphylum: Hexapoda
• Class: Insecta
• Informal: Pterygotes
• Order: Lepidoptera
• Unranked: Ditrysia
• Superfamily: Noctuoidea
• Family: Euteliidae
• Subfamily: Euteliinae
• Genus: Pataeta
• Species: Pataeta carbo

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