(one synonym : Euchromia intensa Rothschild, 1916) EUCHROMIINI, CTENUCHINI, ARCTIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
Drawing by Arthur G. Butler,
Notes on the species of the Lepidopterous genus Euchromia,
with descriptions of new species in the collection of the British Museum<,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1888, Part 1, Plate 4, fig. 3.
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The adult moth of this species rather resembles a wasp. Its wings are basically black, with transparent spots on each wing. There is a bluish comma-shaped mark near the centre of each forewing. There are transverse black and pale yellow, red, and blue bands on the abdomen. The wingspan is about 4 cms. The hind wings are only about half the span of the forewings.
The species has been found on
as well as in Australia on
Further reading :
Arthur G. Butler,
Notes on the species of the Lepidopterous genus Euchromia,
with descriptions of new species in the collection of the British Museum,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1888, Part 1, p. 110, No. 3, and also
Plate 4, fig. 3.
Lionel Walter Rothschild,
On the Lepidoptera in the Tring Museum sent by Mr. A. S. Meek
from the Admirality Islands, Dampier and Vulcan Islands,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 23, Part 3 (1916), p. 319.
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(written 24 August 2018)