Eumelea rosalia
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Eumelea rosalia is a species of moth
of the Geometridae family. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics, east to northern Australia
and New Caledonia
.
The wingspan
is about 40 mm.
Larvae have been recorded on Mallotus
and Clinostigma
species.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Geometridae family. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics, east to northern Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 40 mm.
Larvae have been recorded on Mallotus
Mallotus (plant)
Mallotus is a genus of the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. 2 species are found in tropical Africa and Madagascar. About 140 species are found in East and Southeast Asia and from Indomalaysia to New Caledonia and Fiji, northern and eastern Australia...
and Clinostigma
Clinostigma
Clinostigma is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.It contains the following species:* Clinostigma exorrhizum* Clinostigma haerestigma* Clinostigma harlandii* Clinostigma samoense...
species.