Astatochroa fuscimargo (Warren, 1896)
(one synonym: Oreta pusilla Warren, 1900)
DREPANIDAE

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

Astatochroa fuscimargo
(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

  • Queensland.


    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)