Cyclura lechriodes (Turner, 1926)
(previously known as: Amphitorna lechriodes)
DREPANIDAE

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

Cyclura lechriodes
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richarson, Kuranda)

The adult moth of this species has yellow or brown wings, with two curved submarginal lines on each wing, and with dark patches near the middle, and near the middle of the margin 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, and
  • New South Wales.

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    (created 2 April 2012)