Chenuala

Chenuala is a monotypic moth genus in the family Anthelidae described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. Its only species, Chenuala heliaspis, the rose anthelid, was described by Edward Meyrick in 1891. It is endemic to Australia.^[2]

Larva

Chenuala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Anthelidae
Genus:	Chenuala C. Swinhoe, 1892
Species:	C. heliaspis
Binomial name
Chenuala heliaspis (Meyrick, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
Ocneria heliaspis Meyrick, 1891 Chenuala rufa C. Swinhoe, 1892 Chelepteryx expolitus Scott, 1893 Anthela epicrypha C. Swinhoe, 1905

The wingspan is approximately 6 cm for males and 7 cm for females.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Eucalyptus, Acacia and Pinus species.