Anthela phaeodesma Turner, 1921
 (erroneously : Anthela phaedesma)
ANTHELINAE,   ANTHELIDAE,   BOMBYCOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Anthela phaeodesma
male
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The adult moths of this species are pale brown, with two dark-edged white spots on each forewing, and one on each hindwing. Each wing also has a submarginal arc of dark dots, and a dark curved line across the middle. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 11.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera — Hypsidae, Anthelidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 46 (1921), p. 183, No. 35.

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    (updated 24 September 2011, 14 July 2023)