Doratifera oxleyi, the painted cup moth, is a moth of the family Limacodidae. The species was first described by Newman in 1855. An Australian moth, it is found in New South Wales and Victoria, as well as South Australia and Tasmania.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Limacodidae |
| Genus: | Doratifera |
| Species: | D. oxleyi
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| Doratifera oxleyi (Newman, 1855)
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The wingspan is about 50 mm for females and 20 mm for males.
Females lay eggs in clusters of 40 and cover with body hairs from their abdomen. Eggs take 12 days to hatched.
The larvae feed on Eucalyptus species. Like most other members of the Limacodidae family, they are covered with poisonous hairs.[1]
References
edit- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (19 August 2019). "Doratifera oxleyi (Newman, 1855) Painted Cup Moth". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
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