Anthela neurospasta Turner, 1902
(one synonym is Anthela linopepla Turner, 1921)
ANTHELINAE ,   ANTHELIDAE

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

Anthela neurospasta
male
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The female adult moth of this species is basically white. The male has a number of incomplete pale brown lines running to the margin of each wing.

The species has been found in:

  • Queensland, and
  • Northern Territory.


    Further reading:

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 40.2, p. 395.


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    (updated 13 April 2011)