Synemon laeta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Castniidae |
Genus: | Synemon |
Species: | S. laeta |
Binomial name | |
Synemon laeta Walker, 1854[1] |
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Synemon laeta is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found along the east coast of Queensland.
Adults have a brown pattern on their forewings and scarlet hindwings with a brown marginal and submarginal arc. Males show territorial behaviour, chasing other intruding males away.
The larvae feed on Lomandra longifolia.[2] They feed inside the culm of the foodplant at ground level.