| (previously known as Syntomis melitospila) SYNTOMIINI, CTENUCHINAE, ARCTIIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@outlook.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
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| (previously known as Syntomis melitospila) SYNTOMIINI, CTENUCHINAE, ARCTIIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@outlook.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
The adult moth of this species is black with transparent windows in the wings, and it has a black and yellow banded abdomen. The moths have a wingspan of about 3.5 cms. The hindwings are only about half the span of the forewings. As in the genus Amata generally: female moths have a fatter abdomen, but a smaller wingspan than the males.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera II,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 29, Part 4 (1905), pp. 853-854, No. 33.
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(updated 27 April 2008)