Anthela habroptila Turner, 1921 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 are basically buff colored. In the male: all four wings each have a brown spot and two cross-linked subterminal curved lines, and have dark basal areas. The males have feathery antennae, and have a wingspan of about 4.5 cms.

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

The females are similar but with fainter markings, with comma-shaped spots, and a fatter abdomen. The females have thread-like antennae, and have a wingspan of about 5.5 cms.

The species is found in:

Northern Territory.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera — Hypsidae, Anthelidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 46 (1921), p. 173, No. 15.

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(written 3 January 2019, updated 26 August 2021)