Targalla delatrix

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.

Targalla delatrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Euteliidae
Genus:	Targalla
Species:	T. delatrix
Binomial name
Targalla delatrix (Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
Penicillaria delatrix Guenée, 1852 Phlegetonia delatrix Eutelia plusioides Walker, 1865 Eurhipia praetexta R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874

The larvae feed on Eugenia uniflora and Syzygium cumini (Myrtaceae).^[1]