LITHOSIINI, ARCTIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Peter Hendry,
Sheldon, Queensland)
The moths of this species have yellow forewings, each crossed by three dark bands: one antemedial with a yellowish centre, one postmedial, and a narrow one along part of the margin. The hindwings are yellow, each with a dark marginal band. The moths have a wingspan of about 3.5 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading:
A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of the Australian Hesperiidae,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 23 (1899), p. 11.
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(written 6 November 2023)