Euchaetis Metallota
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''Euchaetis metallota'' is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is found in
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. The wingspan is about 25 mm. The larvae feed on ''
Eucalyptus vernicosa ''Eucalyptus vernicosa'', commonly known as varnished gum, is a species of shrub or a mallee that is endemic to mountainous areas of Tasmania. It has smooth greyish bark, crowded, egg-shaped to elliptical or round leaves, flower buds singly or in ...
''. Feeding from inside a gall.


References

Moths described in 1883 Euchaetis {{Oecophoridae-stub