Grammodes ocellata, the large-eyed box-owlet,[1] is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by J. G. O. Tepper in 1890.[2] It is found in the northern half of Australia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Grammodes |
| Species: | G. ocellata
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| Grammodes ocellata Tepper, 1890
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The wingspan is about 40 mm.
The larvae feed on Phyllanthus maderaspatanus.
References
edit- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (7 November 2019). "Grammodes ocellata Tepper, 1890". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. Archived September 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
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