| (previously known as Gracilaria plagata) GRACILLARIINAE, GRACILLARIIDAE, GRACILLARIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
drawing by Henry Tibbats Stainton, listed as Gracilaria plagata,
Descriptions of Nine Exotic Species of the Genus Gracilaria,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
Series 3, Volume 1 (1863), Plate 10, fig. 2,
Image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library,
digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.
The adult moth of this species has a fringe on the trailing edge of each wing. The fore wings have a striking pattern of brown and white. The hind wings are pale with a dark brown streak. Its wingspan is about 1 cm. The antennae are about as long as the forewings.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Henry Tibbats Stainton,
(updated 22 August 2004)
Descriptions of nine exotic species of the genus Gracilaria,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
Series 3, Volume 1 (1862), pp. 292-293, and also
Plate 10, fig. 2.
caterpillar
butterflies
Lepidoptera
moths
caterpillar