Anthela xanthocera Turner, 1922 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 plain pale brown wings, each forewing having two black-edged white spots near the costa. The moths have recurved tips to the forewings The antennae are yellow. The wingspan of the male is about 5 cms. The wingspan of the female is about 6 cms.

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

The species occurs in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Saturniadae, Bombycidae, Eupterotidae, Notodontidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 47 (1922), p. 351.

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(written 22 June 2023)