Tetracona amathealis is a species of snout moth in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859 based on material collected at Moreton Bay in Queensland, Australia.[2]: 348–349 It is found in New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded in Queensland, northern New South Wales and Western Australia.[3] The species was formerly placed in the genus Agrotera, but in a recent taxonomic revision it was transferred back to the re-instated genus Tetracona, of which it is the type species.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Tetracona |
| Species: | T. amathealis
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| Tetracona amathealis | |
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The wingspan is about 20 mm.
The caterpillars feed on Eucalyptus tereticornis, a plant of economic interest, which is why T. amathealis is sometimes considered a pest species.[3]
References edit
- ^ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
- ^ Walker, Francis (1859). "Pyralites". List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London. 17: 255–508.
- ^ a b "Agrotera amathealis (Walker, 1859)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
- ^ Chen, Kai; Horak, Marianne; Du, Xicui; Zhang, Dandan (2017). "Revision of the Australian species of Agrotera Schrank (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Spilomelinae)". Zootaxa. 4362 (2): 213–224. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4362.2.2. PMID 29245425.