Gastridiota is a monotypic genus consisting solely of Gastridiota adoxima, a moth of the family Bombycidae.[1] The genus was erected by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1922 but the species had been described by him in 1902 as Andraca adoxima. It is found in the subtropical east of Australia, from the Bunya Mountains and Montville in southern Queensland to north-eastern New South Wales.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bombycidae |
| Genus: | Gastridiota Turner, 1922 |
| Species: | G. adoxima
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| Gastridiota adoxima (Turner, 1902)
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The wingspan is about 30 mm.
References
edit- ^ Common, I. F. B.; Edwards, E. D. (May 1991). "The Early Stages of Gastridiota adoxima (Turner) (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) and Its Family Placement". Australian Journal of Entomology. 30 (2): 187–192. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1991.tb00410.x.
External links
edit- Australian Faunal Directory
- Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (6 February 2017). "Gastridiota adoxima (Turner, 1902)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
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