''Grammodes ocellata'', the large-eyed box-owlet, is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

first described by

J. G. O. Tepper Johann Gottlieb Otto Tepper (19 April 1841 – 16 February 1923) was a Prussian-born Botany, botanist, teacher, plant collector and Entomology, entomologist who spent most of his life living and working in Australia. He spent much of his career wi ...

in 1890.Poole, R. W. (1989)
''Lepidopterorum Catalogus'' (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae
. CRC Press. . It is found in the northern half of

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 ...

. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

is about 40 mm. The larvae feed on ''

Phyllanthus maderaspatanus ''Phyllanthus'' is the largest genus in the plant family Phyllanthaceae. Estimates of the number of species in this genus vary widely, from 750David J. Mabberley. 2008. ''Mabberley's Plant-Book.'' third edition (2008). Cambridge University P ...

''.

References

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