Symphyta colpodes Turner, 1924 LASIOCAMPINAE,   LASIOCAMPIDAE,   BOMBYCOIDEA

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

female
(Photo: courtesy of Axel Hausmann and the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The adult moths of this species have grey forewings, each with a vague pale spot near the middle The hindwings are grey-brown. The wing margins are chequered.

female
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Western Australia)

The females have a wingspan of about 6 cms.

male
(Photo: courtesy of Rog Standen, Wandown, Victoria)

The male moths have straighter wing margins than the female, and more feathery antennae, and have a wingspan of about 4 cms.

male
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Western Australia)

The species has been found in

Western Australia.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Western Australia)

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Lasiocampidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 49 (1924), p. 416, No. 29.

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(written 18 September 2022,updated 10 November 2025)