(previously known as Stonia habrotis) LITHOSIINI, ARCTIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Buck Richardson,
Kuranda, Queensland)
This species has adult moths are black with a pattern of yellow spots on each forewing, and a large single yellow spot in the middle of each hindwing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
In its natural posture with the forewings covering the hindwings, the forewing black areas are aligned to make complete black bars at right angles to the body, perhaps providing disruptive camouflage.
The species has been found in :
Further reading :
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 18.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 31, Supplement part 1 (1865), p. 187.
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(updated 29 August 2012, 17 August 2018, 26 August 2021)