Alucita xanthosticta (Turner, 1923)
(previously known as Orneodes xanthosticta)
ALUCITIDAE,   ALUCITOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

This moth is dark yellow with white zigzag stripes. The wingspan is about 1.3 cms.

It has been found in Australia in

  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 8.

    Alfred Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian micro-Lepidoptera,
    Proceedings of The Royal Society of Victoria,
    Volume 36, part 1 (1923), p. 58.


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    (written 16 December 2011, updated 29 June 2023)