Heliomystis
Genus of moths
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Heliomystis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Heliomystis electrica, the electric moth, is found in the southern half of Australia[1] (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania). Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1888.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Heliomystis Meyrick, 1888 |
| Species: | H. electrica |
| Binomial name | |
| Heliomystis electrica Meyrick, 1888 | |
The larvae feed on Eucalyptus dives and Eucalyptus obliqua.[3]
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