Trychnomera anthemis Turner, 1913
 LACTURIDAE,   ZYGAENOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Stella Crossley

Trychnomera anthemis
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

This adult moth has forewings which are rusty red with scalloped cream markings around the edges. The hindwings are plain orange. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

The species occurs in

  • Queensland.

    This species is often placed in YPONOMEUTIDAE.

    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 100.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Studies in Australian Microlepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 38 (1913), p. 199.

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    (updated 1 November 2010, 18 June 2024)