Iropoca: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Iropoca
Species
Scientific Name
Iropoca

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Iropoca

Iropoca is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae erected by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1904. Its only species, Iropoca rotundata, the iropoca moth, was first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in the Australian states of Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.

The wingspan is about 30 mm for males while females are wingless.

The larvae feed on the foliage of various Eucalyptus species.

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