![]() | Yellow-banded Day-moth (previously known as Phalaena latina) AGARISTINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@outlook.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Lorna Bloom, Mudgee, New South Wales)
The Caterpillars of this species have been found feeding on :
The adult moths of this species are black, with a broad diagonal band across each forewing. This band is varied in colour: anywhere from white through yellow to orange. The hindwings have a white margin containing black dots. The abdomen is tipped with a tuft of orange hairs, and the forelegs have orange hair tufts. The moths are inclined to rest head downward. The moths have a wingspan of about 4.5 cms.
The species is found along the eastern side of Australia, including:
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 22.28, p. 464.
Edward Donovan,
General Illustration of Entomology,
An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of
New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite and other
Islands in the Indian, Southern and Pacific Oceans,
Volume 1 (1805), p. 146, and also
Plate p. 144.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 32-33, 34-35.
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(updated 11 April 2013, 9 February 2018)