Eustixis mactata (R.Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) (previously known as Mieza mactata) LACTURIDAE,   ZYGAENOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Dominic Funnell, Thursday Island, Queensland)

This adult moth has forewings which are yellow with a network of scarlet arcs and lines. The hindwings are a uniform scarlet.

The species has been found in

Queensland.

drawing by Felder & Rogenhofer, listed as Mieza mactata,
Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara,
Band 2, Abtheilung 2 (5) (1875), Plate CXXXIX, fig. 44,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

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Further reading :

Rudolf Felder & Alois F. Rogenhofer,
Zoologisher Theil,
Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara,
Band 2, Abtheilung 2 (5) (1875), p. 14, and also Plate 139, fig. 44.

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(written 4 June 2014, updated 26 May 2018, 25 July 2022)