Anthela exoleta Swinhoe, 1892 (formerly known as Aroa exoleta) 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 moths of this species have brown forewings each with two white spots. The hindwings are brown or orange with brown margins, sometimes with a white spot in the middle. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

This species has been found in

South Australia.

male, drawing by Charles Swinhoe, listed as Aroa exoleta,
Catalogue of eastern and Australian Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the Oxford University Museum,
Part 1: Sphinges and Bombyces (1892), Plate VI, Fig. 18,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

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Further reading:

Charles Swinhoe,
Sphinges and Bombyces,
Catalogue of eastern and Australian Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the Oxford University Museum,
Clarendon Press, Part 1 (1892), p. 197, No. 913 and also Plate 6, Fig. 18.

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(written 29 March 2015, updated 14 July 2023)