LITHOSIINI, ARCTIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth of this species has yellow forewings, each with two black zig-zag transverse lines, a black splodge on the margin near the wing-tip, and a black spot at the base of the costa. The hindwings are yellow with a black band along each margin. It has a wingspan of about 3 cms.
The species is found in
Further reading :
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 31 (1865), p. 265.
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(updated 19 October 2010, 16 November 2022)