Phallaria ophiusaria Guenée, 1857 is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Phallaria ophiusaria Guenée, 1857
Phallaria ophiusaria, the large leaf moth, is a Geometridae species found in southeastern Australia with a ~70 mm wingspan.
Phallaria ophiusaria, commonly called the large leaf moth, is the only species in the monotypic moth genus Phallaria, which belongs to the moth family Geometridae. Both the genus Phallaria and the species Phallaria ophiusaria were first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. This moth is recorded from the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria. Its wingspan measures approximately 70 mm.
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Austroterpna paratorna (Meyrick, 1888)
Mellilla xanthometata Walker, 1862
Apocheima hispidaria (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Chaetolopha leucophragma (Meyrick, 1891)
Scopula virgulata (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Chesias rufata (Fabricius, 1775)
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