''Hyblaea ibidias'' is a

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in the family

Hyblaeidae Hyblaeidae are the "teak moths", a family of insects in the Lepidopteran order. The two genera with about 18 species make up one of the two families of the Hyblaeoidea superfamily (the other family being the monotypic Prodidactidae), which in th ...

. It is found in

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. The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''

Pandorea jasminoides ''Pandorea jasminoides'', also known by the common names bower of beauty and bower vine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Bignoniaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a woody climber with pinnate leaves that have three t ...

''.

Synonyms

''Hyblaea joiceyi'' is listed as a synonym of this species by the

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, but is listed as a full species by

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. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index lists ''Hyblaea cruenta'' as a synonym of ''H. joiceyi''.

References

Moths described in 1902 Hyblaeidae {{moth-stub