Culama glauca Kallies and Hilton, 2012 COSSINAE,   COSSIDAE,   COSSOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of John Bromilow, Goorooyarroo, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species have grey forewings, each crossed by a network of incomplete curved dark lines. The hindwings are white with grey edges. At rest the moths wrap their wings around their body. There is a double grey tuft tipped with black on the thorax. The wingspan of the males is about 4 cms. The wingspan of the females is about 5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

South Australia.

showing underside
(Photo: courtesy of Bronwyn King, Goorooyarroo, Australian Capital Territory)

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Further reading :

Axel Kallies & Douglas J. Hilton,
Revision of Cossinae and small Zeuzerinae from Australia (Lepidoptera: Cossidae),
Zootaxa,
3454 (2012), pp. 15-16.

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(written 18 February 2024, updated 19 February 2024)