(previously known as : Hectomanes crocea)
HEPIALIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
The adult moths of this species are plain and vary in colour from pale yellow through brown to red and grey. The scales on the wings are very loose, easily rubbing off. The male moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms. The females are bigger, with a wingspan of about 3.5 cms.
The species is found in Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria. The moths are on the wing through February to May.
Further reading :
Nielsen E.S. & Kristensen N.P.
Primitive Ghost Moths : Morphology and Taxonomy of the
Australian Genus Fraus Walker
(Lepidoptera: Hepialidae s. lat.)
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 1,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 1989.
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(updated 23 May 2010)