Comana albibasis Walker, 1862 Lion's Mane Moth (one synonym: Miresa humeralis Walker, 1865) LIMACODIDAE,   ZYGAENOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings, each with a white mark at the base of the costa. The hindwings are completely pale brown.

(Photo: courtesy of David Rentz, Kuranda, Queensland)

The head, thorax, and abdomen are densely covered in brown hair-like scales. The legs are covered in black and grey hair-like scales. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.

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

The species occurs in

Queensland.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Dianne Clarke, Mapleton, Queensland)

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Further reading :

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 104.

Francis Walker,
Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera in the collection of W. W. Sanders Esq.,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
Series 3, Volume 1 (1862), p. 274.

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 113.

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(updated 1 November 2010, 27 January 2017, 13 August 2019, 12 January 2021)