Anthela achromata Turner, 1904
 ANTHELINAE,   ANTHELIDAE,   BOMBYCOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Anthela achromata
male
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species is grey with a number of parallel curved transverse dark lines. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.

Anthela achromata
female
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species occurs in

  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Anthela achromata
    male underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 11.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Classification of the Australian Lymantriadae,
    Transactions of The Entomological Society of London,
    1904, p. 481.

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    (updated 21 May 2013, 2 July 2023)