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

(Photo: courtesy of
Buck Richarson, Kuranda)
The adult moth of this species has yellow or brown wings, with a curved line from apex to inner margin of each wing, and with a white dot near the middle of each forewing. The forewings have the characteristic hooked apices of this moth family DREPANIDAE. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 38.1, p. 380.
Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths,
CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 148.
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(updated 2 April 2012)