| Banded Lichen Moth (formerly known as Pallene structa) (also known as Lyclene structa) LITHOSIINI, ARCTIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Graeme Cocks & Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Nick Monaghan,
Tewantin, Queensland)
The caterpillars of this species are black and very hairy. They have been found on and under Wallaby scats.
The adult moths are dark yellow, with a number of dark brown zig-zag lines across each forewing, and a broad black margin to each hindwing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species is found in the southern half of Australia, including
The eggs are white and spherical, with a diameter of about 1 mm.
This species shows some variations in the colour and pattern of the forewings which overlap those of other species in Cyme.
Cyme structa is readily distinguished from the others by the dark margin of the hindwing. Cyme reticulata and Cyme pyraula have plain monochromatic hindwings.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 436.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 2, 2nd edition,
Tiger Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2014, pp. 26-27.
Francis Walker,
Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 2 (1854), p. 543.
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(updated 5 August 2008, 23 May 2018, 9 October 2020, 6 March 2022)