Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The wings of the adult moth of this species are white with a pattern of yellow and black dots. The undersides are black with grey and white patches near the middle and the base of each wing. The thorax is black, and the abdomen is yellow. The wingspan is about 5 cms.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

There is no pale patch under each forewing tip, which distinguishes it from the related species: Bracca matutindata.

The species occurs in

Further reading :

Arthur G. Butler,
Descriptions of three Lepidopterous insects from Queensland.,
Entomologist's Monthly Magazine,
Volume 14 (1877), p. 108.

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 35.6, p. 366.

M. De Baar,
Life history notes on Bracca rotundata and Oxycophlna theorina,
Australian Entomologist,
Volume 35, Number 4 (2008), pp. 141-143.

Graham J. McDonald,
Moths of Tropical North Queensland,
Metamorphosis Australia,
Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club,
Issue 75 (December 2014), pp. 7-12, Figure 2.

Buck Richardson,
Mothology,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2008, p. 15.

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 58.

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths,
CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 145.

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(updated 28 June 2013, 5 March 2023)