Pinara metaphaea

Pinara metaphaea, the pinara moth, is a species of moth identified from the family Lasiocampidae. Francis Walker first described this organism in the year 1862. It is a species native from south-east Australia, including New South Wales and Victoria.

Eggs

Pinara metaphaea
Female
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lasiocampidae
Genus:	Pinara
Species:	P. metaphaea
Binomial name
Pinara metaphaea (Walker, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
Lebeda metaphaea Walker, 1862 Opsirhina metaphaea Walker, 1865 Entometa adusta Walker, 1869 Lebeda metaphora Conte, 1908 Pinara obscura Conte, 1908

Its wingspan is measured to be about 40 mm for males and about 60 mm for females.^[2]

Moreover, its larvae feed on the foliage of Eucalyptus species.