Squamosa barymorpha (Turner, 1942) (formerly known as Susica barymorpha) LIMACODIDAE,   ZYGAENOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moth is brown, with a large star-shaped grey area containing a number of white spots near the middle of each forewing. The hindwings are pale brown with a white blotch in the middle. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

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

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading:

A. Jefferis Turner,
Fragmenta lepidopterologica,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 53 (1941), p. 79.

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(written 19 March 2018, updated 14 August 2019)