Lithilaria proestans T.P. Lucas, 1895
Sculpted Bone Moth
 (formerly known as Hypoena proestans)
HERMINIINAE
EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Lithilaria proestans
male
(Photo: courtesy of Duncan Fraser, Moths of Victoria: Part 2)

The adult moth is brown, with each forewing having a recurved wingtip, and a pair of dark chevron marks by the wingtip, and three dark marks on the margin by the wingtip. The moths, especially the male, have very long labial palps which they normally hold curved over the head. The moth has a wingspan of about 3 cms.

Lithilaria proestans
female
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillam, Imbil, Queensland)

The species has been reported in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • South Australia.

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

    Further reading :

    Thomas P. Lucas,
    Australian Lepidoptera: thirty new species,
    Transactions of the Natural History Society of Queensland,
    Volume 1 (1895), pp. 113-114.

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 2,
    Tiger Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (A)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 30-31.

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    (written 21 December 2015, updated 3 June 2017, 7 April 2021)