Porela obtusa (Walker, 1865)
Blunt Porela
 (one synonym: Perna metastigma Walker, 1865)
LASIOCAMPINAE,   LASIOCAMPIDAE,   BOMBYCOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Porela obtusa
male
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria - Part 1)

The moth is grey with dark bands along the forewing costas. The hind margin of each forewing has a black mark, the veins through which are orange. The hindwings are plain off-white.

Porela obtusa
female
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria - Part 1)

The sexes are quite similar, except in size. The male moths have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms. The female moths have a wingspan of about 3.5 cms.

The species has been found in:

  • Queensland,
  • New South Waes,
  • Victoria, and
  • South AUstralia.

    Further reading :

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 1,
    Silk Moths and Allies - BOMBYCOIDEA    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2008, pp. 12-13.

    Francis Walker,
    Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 32, Supplement 2 (1865), p. 315.

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    (updated 15 April 2009, 2 August 2015, 8 September 2021)