Oligeria hemicalla Lower, 1905 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Oligeria hemicalla Lower, 1905
Oligeria hemicalla, the tiny tussock moth, is the only species in the Oligeria moth genus, found in southeastern Australia.
Oligeria is a monotypic moth genus (meaning it contains only one species) that belongs to the subfamily Lymantriinae. This genus was described by Turner in 1921. Its single species is Oligeria hemicalla, which is commonly known as the tiny tussock moth. This species was first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1905, and can be found in the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria.
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