Gymnasura saginaea (Turner, 1899)
 (previously known as Calligenia saginaea)
LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Gymnasura saginaea
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are pale yellow, with a network of squiggly dark lines across each forewing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species is found in:

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Notes of Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 23 (1899), p. 11.

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    (updated 30 March 2010)