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Some Australian Moths from South-East Queensland
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Trictena atripalpis |
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suborder GLOSSATA
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infraorder EXOPORIA
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superfamily HEPIALOIDEA
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genus TRICTENA Meyrick, 1890
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species atripalpis (Walker, 1856)
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Wingspan
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Foodplant
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Caterpillar
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Range
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100 mm
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Eucalyptus and Casuarina roots by rivers
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Bardi Grub, used as bait by fishermen
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Southern Queensland to SW Australia and Tasmania |
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References
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Ian F.B. Common |
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 149. |
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Specimens
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