Comana cosmocalla (Lower, 1902) (formerly known as Momopola cosmocalla) LIMACODIDAE,   ZYGAENOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Simon Ong, Black Jungle, Northern Territory)

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings each with a dark arc across the middle. The hindwings are plain white. The wingspan is up to 4 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The species occurs in:

Queensland.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

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Further reading :

Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 26 (1902), p. 220.

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(written 31 October 2014, updated 17 December 2023)