Targalla delatrix
Species of moth
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Targalla delatrix, the eugenia caterpillar, is a moth of the family Euteliidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is widespread in the Indo-Australian tropics to Fiji. It has also been recorded from Rapa Iti, the Society Islands and Hawaii.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Euteliidae |
| Genus: | Targalla |
| Species: | T. delatrix |
| Binomial name | |
| Targalla delatrix (Guenée, 1852) | |
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The larvae feed on Eugenia uniflora and Syzygium cumini (Myrtaceae).[1]
