| (one synonym is Eilema decreta pulolautensis Strand, 1922) LITHOSIINI, ARCTIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of Dave Britton,
of the Australian Museum, and the
Australian National Insect Collection)
The adult moths of this species have yellow forewings, and pale yellow hindwings. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Embrik Strand,
Eilema,
Lepidopterorum catalogus,
Part 26 (1922), p. 549.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Notes of Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 23 (1899), pp. 10-11.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 11 June 2017, updated 31 August 2019)