(one synonym : Spilosomia frenchii Lucas, 1898) ARCTIINI, 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 forewings that are yellow with a complex black pattern. The hindwings are also yellow, each with a black spot near the middle and a broad black margin. The abdomen is red with a black dash on the back of each segment The wingspan is about 4 cms.
The species is found in Australia in
Further reading:
George F. Hampson,
Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae in the British Museum,
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
Volume 3 (1901), p. 339, and also
Plate 47, Figure 18.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 3 (1855), pp. 627-628.
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(written 2 February 2015, updated 3 September 2019)