The adult moth of this species is spectacular. It has grey forewings each with a yellow apex, a white spot on the margin, and two midwing white spots with red centres. The hindwings are orange. The head and thorax are orange, and the abdomen red with a brown last segment bearing a tuft of white hairs. The moth has a wingspan of about 6 cms.

(Photo: copyright of Ted Martin)

The species lives in the rainforests of

northern Queensland.

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Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 8.24, p. 380.

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 147.

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