Grammodes ocellata Tepper, 1890
(one synonym : Prodotis excellens)
CATOCALINAE, NOCTUIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 13 February 2007)


These Caterpillars feed on

  • Phyllanthus maderaspatanus ( EUPHORBIACEAE ).

    The adult moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms. They are found over the northern half of Australia.


    (Photo: courtesy of Evan Harris)

    The species appears as Illustration 5 in Plate CCXXII of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.


    (Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

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