Brevicyttara cyclospila (Turner, 1945)
(previously known as Brachycyttara cyclospila)
COSSIDAE,   COSSOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Brevicyttara cyclospila
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, near Karakin, Western Australia)

The adult moths of this species have brown wings, with dark areas at the base of each forewing, and two dark spots halfway along each forewing. The wingspan is from 2 to 4 cms.

Brevicyttara cyclospila
(Photo: courtesy of Mark Heath)

The species has been found in

  • Western Australia.


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    A revision of the Australian Cossidae (Lepidoptera),
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 56 (1945), p. 64, No. 60.


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    (updated 16 July 2009, 5 December 2021)