''Oenosandra'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

moth genus in the family

Oenosandridae Oenosandridae is a family of Australian noctuoid moths. Genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classifi ...

. Its only species, ''Oenosandra boisduvalii'', or Boisduval's autumn moth, is found in the southern half of Australia, including

Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi ...

. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Newman in 1856. The

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is about 50 mm. The larvae feed on ''

Eucalyptus ''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of over seven hundred species of Flowering plant, flowering trees, shrubs or Mallee (habit), mallees in the Myrtaceae, myrtle Family (biology), family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the Tribe (biology) ...

'' species.

References

Oenosandridae Taxa named by Edward Newman {{Noctuoidea-stub