Iropoca
Genus of moths
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Iropoca is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae erected by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1904. Its only species, Iropoca rotundata, the iropoca moth, was first described by Francis Walker in 1855.[1][2][3] It is found in the Australian states of Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.[4]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Lymantriini |
| Genus: | Iropoca Turner, 1904 |
| Species: | I. rotundata |
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| Iropoca rotundata (Walker, 1855) | |
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The wingspan is about 30 mm for males while females are wingless.
The larvae feed on the foliage of various Eucalyptus species.
