Chamaita barnardi (T.P. Lucas, 1894)
 (previously known as Nudaria barnardi)
LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Chamaita barnardi
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have off-white forewings with a brown pattern. The brown scales are lost rather easily leaving a rather vague pattern in older individuals. The antennae have hairy bases. The wingspan is up to 1.5 cms.

Chamaita barnardi
(Photo: courtesy of David Rentz, Kuranda, Queensland)

The species is found in Australia, including:

  • Queensland.

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

    Further reading :

    Thomas P. Lucas,
    Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera, with additional localities for known species,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 8 (1894), pp. 135-136, No. 3.

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    (updated 7 May 2011, 17 July 2019, 27 March 2022)