| (previously known as Calligenia pyraula) LITHOSIINI, ARCTIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Graeme Cocks & Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson,
Kuranda, Queensland, listed as Lyclene pyraula)
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| (previously known as Calligenia pyraula) LITHOSIINI, ARCTIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Graeme Cocks & Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson,
Kuranda, Queensland, listed as Lyclene pyraula)
The adult moths of this species are a brilliant orange, with a network of dark lines across each forewing. The hindwings are pale brown shading darker towards the margins. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species is found in
as well as in Australia in
This species shows some variations in the colour and pattern which overlap those of other species in Cyme.
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera I,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 1, Part 3 (1886), p. 704-705, No. 23.
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(updated 14 April 2011, 19 January 2017, 24 July 2020, 6 March 2022