Anthela clementi (Swinhoe, 1902) (formerly known as Darala clementi) ANTHELINAE,   ANTHELIDAE,   BOMBYCOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

male
(Photo: courtesy of Cemone Hedges, Lagrange, Western Australia)

The adult moths of this species have brown wings, with a variable dark mark in the cell. The males have a slightly concave costa. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.

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

The female is similar but paler, larger, and with a slight convex curvature of the costa.

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

The species occurs in

Northern Territory.

male underside
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

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Further reading :

Charles Swinhoe,
Descriptions of new Eastern and Australian Heterocera,
The Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
Series 7, Volume 9 (1902), p. 81.

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(written 4 November 2018, updated 3 July 2023)