Callionyma sarcodes Meyrick, 1883 is a animal in the Pyralidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Callionyma sarcodes Meyrick, 1883

Callionyma sarcodes Meyrick, 1883

Callionyma sarcodes is the only species in the monotypic snout moth genus Callionyma, found in southern Australia, with larvae feeding on Eucalyptus.

Family
Genus
Callionyma
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Callionyma sarcodes Meyrick, 1883

Callionyma is a monotypic genus of snout moths, meaning it contains only one species. That single species is Callionyma sarcodes, which was described by Edward Meyrick. This species is distributed across the southern half of Australia, including the island of Tasmania. The wingspan of adult Callionyma sarcodes measures approximately 20 millimeters. The larvae of this moth feed on plants from the genus Eucalyptus.

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Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Pyralidae › Callionyma

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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