Eressa paurospila Turner, 1922
SYNTOMIINI,   CTENUCHINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Eressa paurospila
(Photo: courtesy of Steven Dodge, Sanctuary Point, New South Wales)

The adult moth of this species has black forewings with a blue sheen, each with some white and some yellow spots. The hindwings are black with yellow spots. The head is black and orange with a black collar, and the antennae black. The thorax is black with an orange patch. The abdomen has alternating black and orange bands. The moth has a wingspan of up to 3 cms. The hindwings are only about half the span of the forewings. but a smaller wingspan than the males.

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

The species has been found in

  • New South Wales.


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera: Family Geometridae,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria,
    Volume 35 (1923), pp. 28-29.


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    (written 18 April 2019, upadted 22 March 2020)