Targalla delatrix (Guenée, 1852)
Eugenia Caterpillar
(one synonym : Eutelia plusioides Walker, 1865)
 EUTELIINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The caterpillar of this species attacks :

  • Brazilian Cherries ( Eugenia uniflora, MYRTACEAE ).


    (Photo: courtesy of Peter T Oboyski, Esseg Museum of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley)

    The adult moths are brown with a subtle pattern on the forewings. The moth has an unusual resting posture with the abdomen lifted to be perpendicular to the resting surface.

    The species occurs across south-east Asia and the south Pacific basin, including :

  • Hawaii,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Japan,
  • Malaysia, and
  • Society Islands,
    as well as in Australia in
  • Queensland.

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    (updated 25 June 2011)