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- This page contains pictures and information about Teak Moths in Family Hyblaeidae
that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Hyblaeidae is a small moth family. Moths in this family have strong
thorax, small head and long palps.
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- Hyblaea ibidias, body length 30mm, Mar 2010, Ford Road
Conservation Area.
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- Caterpillars in family Hyblaeidae feed on leaves of teak (Verbenaceae) and Vitex (Bignoniaceae).
The Hyblaea ibidias species caterpillar feed on Pandorea jasminoides.
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- Reference:
- 1. Moths
of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press, 1990,
p337, plate8.20, 25.10.
- 2. Australian
Moths Online - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences 2011.
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