Pseudophanes melanoptera Turner, 1940 LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Dick Whitford, Julatten, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are have dark brown wings. The head is brown with a yellow collar and a brown thorax. The abdomen is banded in yellow and dark brown. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Dave Britton, of the Australian Museum, and the Australian National Insect Collection)

The species is found in Australia 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. 105, No. 157.

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(written 12 June 2019, updated 29 January 2023)