Arrade leucocosmalis (Walker, 1863) (one synonym : Larassa condecoralis Walker, 1865) HYPENINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE ,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Wendy Moore, Melbourne, Victoria)

The adult moth has patchy brown forewings, each with some white patches, and three white zig-zag lines. The hindwings are yellow, with a brown splodge on the costa of each hindwing. The forewings have a cusp at the middle of the margin. The thorax is white. In its natural posture: the moth displays two tufts of scales, one each side of the abdomen. The forelegs are white, with dense black hairs covering the femurs. The wingspan is up to 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Wendy Moore, Melbourne, Victoria)

The species has been found in Australia in

Victoria.

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Further reading :

Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 27 (1863), p. 117, No. 1.

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(updated 15 April 2013)