Ogmograptis

Ogmograptis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Ogmograptis
Meyrick, 1935
Type species
O. scribula
Scribbles on Eucalyptus haemastoma probably from O. racemosa[1]

Ogmograptis, the scribbly gum moth, is a genus in the family Bucculatricidae and was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1935, as a monotypic genus (consisting of one species only).[2][3] They are found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland. However, in 2007, Cooke and Edwards[4] argued that the patterning of the scribbles was different for each of the three eucalypts, Eucalyptus pauciflora, E. racemosa ssp. rossii, and E. delegatensis) and that it was likely that these differing patterns were caused by larvae from different species of scribbly gum moths.

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  4. ^ Cooke, Julia; Edwards, Ted (2007). "The behaviour of scribbly gum moth larvae Ogmograptis sp. Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae) in the Australian Capital Territory". Australian Journal of Entomology. 46 (4): 269–275. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.2007.00606.x. ISSN 1326-6756.