Anthela cnecias Turner, 1921 Montane Anthelid ANTHELINAE,   ANTHELIDAE,   BOMBYCOIDEA

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

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

The adult moth of this species is pale brown, with two dark-edged pale submarginal arcs on each wing. The moths have two dark outlined spots on each wing, one long and one round on each forewing, and both round on the hindwings. The undersides are like the upper surfaces but paler and with less contrast. The wingspan of the males is about 5 cms. The wingspan of the females is about 7 cms.

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

The species occurs in

Tasmania.

female, undersides
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria - Part 1)

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Further reading:

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 1,
Silk Moths and Allies - BOMBYCOIDEA,
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2008.

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera — Hypsidae, Anthelidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 46 (1921), p. 178, No. 26.

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(updated 24 February 2009, 3 July 2023)