| (one synonym : Hydrusa sphenophora Turner, 1898) SYNTOMIINI, CTENUCHINI, ARCTIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Simon Ong, Durack, Western Australia)
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| (one synonym : Hydrusa sphenophora Turner, 1898) SYNTOMIINI, CTENUCHINI, ARCTIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Simon Ong, Durack, Western Australia)
The adult moth of this species has black antennae and thorax, and an orange head. The forewings are black with several large yellowish translucent windows. The hindwings are translucent yellow with a black border. The abdomen is yellow with narrow black bands. The male has a yellow tuft on the tip of the abdomen. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms. The hindwings are only about half the span of the forewings.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
Australian Lepidoptera of the group Geometrites,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 46 (1922), p. 200.
Francis Walker,
Notes on Australian Lepidoptera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects
in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 22 (1898), p. 94.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 10 July 2017, updated 19 June 2019, 26 April 2020)