Anthela rubicunda (Swinhoe, 1902)
(formerly known as Darala rubicunda)
ANTHELINAE,   ANTHELIDAE,   BOMBYCOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Anthela rubicunda
digitally repaired
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The adult moths of this species have plain rusty-brown wings, the same colour above as below. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

The species has been found in

  • Western Australia, and
  • Queensland.

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


    Further reading :

    Charles Swinhoe,
    Descriptions of new Eastern and Australian Heterocera,
    The Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
    Series 7, Volume 9 (1902), p. 419.


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    (written 22 June 2023)