LACTURIDAE, ZYGAENOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Dominic Funnell,
Weipa, Queensland)
This adult moth has forewings which are dark brown, each with seven variable yellow spots. The hindwings are yellow, each with a broad black band along the margin. The palps and antennae are black, the head is orange, and the prothorax and mesothorax are black, but the metathorax is yellow. The abdomen is orange with a broad black dorsal line. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading :
Francis Walker,
Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 2 (1854), pp. 485-486.
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(written 26 December 2018, updated 25 July 2022)