Scopelodes dinawa Bethune-Baker, 1904
 LIMACODIDAE,   ZYGAENOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


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

The adult moths of this species have dark brown forewings. The hindwings are yellow shading to brown at the costa. The head and thorax are dark brown, and the abdomen is yellow with a dark brown tip. For the females, the hindwing has a larger yellow area. The wingspan is about 4 cms.


Photo: George Thomas Bethune-Baker,
Novitates Zoologicae, Volume 11 (1904), Plate V, fig. 48,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Natural History Museum Library, London.

The species occurs in

  • New Guinea,

    and in Australia in

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    George Thomas Bethune-Baker,
    New Lepidoptera from British New Guinea,
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 11 (1904), pp. 384-385, No. 38, and also Plate 5, fig. 48.

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    (written 1 August 2023)