Pararguda nana (Walker, 1855) (formerly known as Opsirhina nana) LASIOCAMPINAE,   LASIOCAMPIDAE,   BOMBYCOIDEA

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

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

The adult moths have brown forewings, each with a small dark spot in the middle, a submarginal arc of dark spots, and crossed by two narrow faint grey bands. The hindwings are brown, each with a vague broad grey stripe. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species is found in Australia in:

Tasmania.

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Further reading :

Francis Walker,
Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 6 (1855), p. 1421. No. 4.

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(written 18 April 2020)