Don Herbison-Evans (
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
This species shows some variations in the colour and pattern of the forewings which overlap those of other species in Lyclene. The three similar species seem to occur in the following regions:
Lyclene structa is readily distinguished from the others by the dark margin of the hindwing. Lyclene reticulata and Lyclene pyraula have a plain monochromatic hind wing.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 436.
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(updated 5 August 2008)