Padenodes cuprizona Hampson, 1914 LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Benoit Segerer, Bakoptil, West Papua)

The adult moths of this species have white forewings each with three transverse bands that are brown with a gold sheen: one at the base, one across the middle of the wing, and one along the margin. There is also a narrow tapering yellow streak along the costa of each forewing. The hindwings are pale yellow. The head and pro-thorax are white. The meso- and meta-thorax are brown. The abdomen is pale yellow. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Benoit Segerer, Bakoptil, West Papua)

The species is found in

Queensland.

(Photo: courtesy of Dave Britton, of the Australian Museum, and the Australian National Insect Collection)

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Further reading :

George F. Hampson,
Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the Collection of the British Museum,
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
Supplement 1 (1914), p. 567, No. 546.

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(written 9 June 2017, updated 15 November 2022)