Aictis erythrozona Turner, 1926 PHAUDINAE,   LACTURIDAE,   ZYGAENOIDEA

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

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

This adult moth has wings which are dark brown each with an band orange across the base. The head, thorax, and abdomen are black, but the head has an orange collar. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species occurs in

Queensland.

This species is often placed in ZYGAENIDAE.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 50 (1926), p. 146.

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(written 26 December 2018, updated 18 June 2024)