''Ogmograptis'', the scribbly gum moth, is a genus in the family Bucculatricidae and was first described by

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in 1935, as a

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genus (consisting of one species only). They are found in the

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and

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. However, in 2007, Cooke and Edwards argued that the patterning of the scribbles was different for each of the three eucalypts,

Eucalyptus pauciflora ''Eucalyptus pauciflora'', commonly known as snow gum, cabbage gum or white sally, is a species of tree or mallee that is native to eastern Australia. It has smooth bark, lance-shaped to elliptical leaves, flower buds in clusters of between sev ...

, '' E. racemosa'' ssp. ''rossii'', and '' E. delegatensis'') and that it was likely that these differing patterns were caused by larvae from different species of scribbly gum moths.

Taxonomy

In 2012, Horak ''et al.'' published a new account of the genus, describing eleven new species of ''Ogmograptis'', and distinguishing three groups, the ''scribula'', ''maxdayi'' and ''triradiata'' groups. The groupings of ''Ogmograptis'' given by Horak ''et al.'' are shown below: One species, '' Ogmograptis notosema''

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1922 ('' Cryphioxena''), was unable to be assigned to a group as no holotype could be located. In allocating these three groups to the genus ''Ogmograptis'', Horak ''et al.'' (2012) note that it is the ''scribula'' group which produces the bark scribbles, and that the larval biology of the ''maxdayi'' and ''triradiata'' groups is not known.

References

External links

Australian Museum

Moths of Australia Bucculatricidae Moths described in 1935 Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Gracillarioidea-stub