Epicoma melanospila Wallengren, 1860 is a animal in the Notodontidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Epicoma melanospila Wallengren, 1860

Epicoma melanospila Wallengren, 1860

The black spot moth Epicoma melanospila is a Notodontidae moth found in Australia whose larvae feed on multiple Australian plant genera.

Family
Genus
Epicoma
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Epicoma melanospila Wallengren, 1860

Epicoma melanospila, commonly known as the black spot moth, is a moth species belonging to the family Notodontidae. It was first formally described by Wallengren in 1860, and it is found in Australia. The larvae of this moth feed on plant species from the genera Callistemon, Eucalyptus, Leptospermum, and Kunzea.

Photo: (c) James (Jim) Duggan, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by James (Jim) Duggan · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Notodontidae Epicoma

More from Notodontidae

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

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