Synemon laeta
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Castniidae |
| Genus: | Synemon |
| Species: | S. laeta |
| Binomial name | |
| Synemon laeta | |
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Synemon laeta is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found along the east coast of Queensland, Australia.
Adults have a brown pattern on their forewings and scarlet hindwings with a brown marginal and submarginal arc. Males show territorial behaviour, chasing other intruding males away.
The larvae feed on Lomandra longifolia.[2] They feed inside the culm of the food plant at ground level.
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