Eressa megalospilia Turner, 1922 SYNTOMIINI,   CTENUCHINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species rather resembles a wasp. Its wings are basically black, with pale yellow translucent spots on each wing. The basal spot on each forewing is elongated. It has a large yellow spot on the prothorax, and transverse black and yellow bands on its body. The hindwings are only about half the span of the forewings.

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

The species occurs in

Queensland.

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Further reading

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria,
Volume 35 (1922), p. 28.

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(written 6 August 2013, 28 January 2016, 4 December 2020)