Anthela varia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Anthelidae
- Genus
- Anthela
- Species
- Anthela varia
- Scientific Name
- Anthela varia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Anthela varia
Anthela varia, the variable anthelid, is a moth of the family Anthelidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in the coastal areas of southern Western Australia, southern Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria.
The wingspan can range up to 90 mm for females.
The larvae, commonly called the hairy mary caterpillar, feeds on Macadamia integrifolia, Eucalyptus, Grevillea and Stenocarpus species.
...Anthela varia in languages:
- English
- Variable Anthelid
- English
- Hairy Mary
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Anthela achromata
- Anthela acuta
- Anthela addita
- Anthela adriana
- Anthela allocota
- Anthela angiana
- Anthela ariprepes
- Anthela aroa
- Anthela asciscens
- Anthela astata
- Anthela asterias
- Anthela barnardi
- Anthela basigera
- Anthela brunneilinea
- Anthela callileuca
- Anthela callispila
- Anthela callixantha
- Anthela canescens
- Anthela charon
- Anthela cinerascens
- Anthela clementi
- Anthela cnecias
- Anthela connexa
- Anthela decolor
- Anthela deficiens
- Anthela denticulata
- Anthela directa
- Anthela ekeikei
- Anthela euryphrica
- Anthela excellens
- Anthela exoleta
- Anthela ferruginosa
- Anthela guenei
- Anthela habroptila
- Anthela heliopa
- Anthela hyperythra
- Anthela inconstans
- Anthela inornata
- Anthela julia
- Anthela laeta
- Anthela leucocera
- Anthela limonea
- Anthela linearis
- Anthela lineosa
- Anthela macrota
- Anthela maculosa
- Anthela neurospasta
- Anthela nicothoe
- Anthela ocellata
- Anthela ochroptera
- Anthela odontogrammata
- Anthela oressarcha
- Anthela ostra
- Anthela phaeodesma
- Anthela phoenicias
- Anthela postica
- Anthela protocentra
- Anthela pudica
- Anthela pyrrhobaphes
- Anthela reltoni
- Anthela repleta
- Anthela roberi
- Anthela rubeola
- Anthela rubicunda
- Anthela rubriscripta
- Anthela rufifascia
- Anthela strigata
- Anthela stygiana
- Anthela subfalcata
- Anthela tetraphrica
- Anthela trisecta
- Anthela unisigna
- Anthela varia
- Anthela virescens
- Anthela xantharcha
- Anthela xanthobapta
- Anthela xanthocera































































































































































