Panacela nyctopa (Turner, 1922) (formerly known as Mallodeta nyctopa) PANACELINAE,   EUPTEROTIDAE,   BOMBYCOIDEA

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

male
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult male and female moths are rather different. The male is brown, with a double dark line across each forewing, and the forewing tips are hooked. The wingspan of the male is about 3.5 cms.

female
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The female is grey, sometimes with a dark spot in the middle of each forewing. The wingspan of the female is about 4.5 cms.

male
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species occurs in Australia, in

New South Wales.

female
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Saturniadae, Bombycidae, Eupterotidae, Notodontidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 47 (1922), p. 359.

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(written 17 October 2014, updated 12 November 2023)