(previously known as Psapharacis toxophora) LITHOSIINI, ARCTIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Blackheath, New South Wales)
The adult moths of this species have forewings that have each a pronounced bulge on the costa, and a hooked wingtip. The forewings are a spotchy grey-brown crossed by a vague dark zigzag band. The hindwings are brown with dark veins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading:
George F. Hampson,
Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the Collection of the British Museum,
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
Volume 2 (1900), p. 268, and also
Plate 25, fig. 26.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Descriptions of New Lepidoptera from Queensland,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 23 (1899), p. 15.
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(updated 31 July 2011, 30 October 2023)