Genduara fola (Swinhoe, 1902) (formerly known as Clathe fola) LASIOCAMPINAE,   LASIOCAMPIDAE,   BOMBYCOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Bevan Buirchell, West Lyons River, Western Australia)

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings, each with two variable pale curving transverse bands with zigzag edges, and rusty brown veins. The hindwings are brown, each with one indistinct pale transverse band. The wingspan of the males is about 2 cms. The wingspan of the females is about 2.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in :

Western Australia.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Axel Hausmann, SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen)

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Further reading :

Charles Swinhoe,
Descriptions of new Eastern and Australian moths,
The Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
Series 7, Volume 9 (1902), p. 82.

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(written 10 April 2020, updated 9 January 2023)