Graphosia lophopyga (Turner, 1940) (formerly known as Scoliacma lophopyga) LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The adult moths of this species have pale brown forewings, each with a yellow costal or subcostal streak, and a dark band across the middle. The hindwings are pale yellow with broad pale brown margins. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

The species has been found in :

Queensland.

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Further reading:

A. Jefferis Turner,
A revision of the Australian Arctiidae (Lepidoptera),
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 51 (1940), p. 61, No. 43.

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(written 29 May 2019, updated 26 August 2021)