| (formerly known as Aproscepta amblopis) ANTHELINAE, ANTHELIDAE, BOMBYCOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
|
| (formerly known as Aproscepta amblopis) ANTHELINAE, ANTHELIDAE, BOMBYCOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult males and females are very different. The female is larger with plain pale brown wings, and has a wingspan of about 4 cm.
The male has plain pale brown forewings, but red hindwings The male has a wingspan of about 3 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 68 (1944), p. 17.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 23 June 2023)