Gephyroneura cosmia Turner, 1921 MUNYCHRYIINAE,   ANTHELIDAE,   BOMBYCOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths are grey, with a complex pattern of darker scalloped lines on the forewings. The hindwings are a more uniform grey-brown, with vague bands and dark veins. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

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

The species occurs in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 394.

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera — Hypsidae, Anthelidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 46 (1921), p. 189, No. 46.

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(updated 2 December 2010, 26 August 2021)