(previously known as Euchromia bicolor) SYNTOMIINI, CTENUCHINI, ARCTIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson,
Kuranda, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species has wings that are basically black except for white tips to the antennae, a yellow head, and transverse black and yellow bands on its abdomen. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
Specimens of this species have been taken in
Francis Walker,
Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 1 (1854), p. 255, No. 96.
Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths,
CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 13.
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(updated 13 September 2010, 22 September 2017)