| Reddish Anthelid (one synonym : Colussa vinosa Rosenstock, 1885) ANTHELINAE, ANTHELIDAE, BOMBYCOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 1)
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| Reddish Anthelid (one synonym : Colussa vinosa Rosenstock, 1885) ANTHELINAE, ANTHELIDAE, BOMBYCOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 1)
The adult moth of this species is basically reddish brown, with a submarginal arc of dots on each wing. The moths have two white-centred dark spots on each wing. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The eggs are white, and laid in an irregular array of about 100 at a time.
The moths are difficult to distinguish from those of Anthela ferruginosa without examination of the genitalia, but depending on the sex, differ slightly in having a more oblong white spots on the forewing, a more pointed wingtip to the forewing, and a more rounded wingtip to the hindwing.
The species has been found in
Further reading:
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 1,
Silk Moths and Allies - BOMBYCOIDEA,
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2008, pp. 18-19.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 32, Supplement part 2 (1865), p. 372.
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(updated 24 February 2009, 2 ?July 2023)