Mambara haplopis (Turner, 1906)
(formerly known as Birthama delocrossa)
LIMACODIDAE,   ZYGAENOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings, each with a dark dotted postmedial arc and other dark markings. The hindwings are pale grey-brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species occurs in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Lepidoptera, with synonymic and other notes,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 30 (1906), p. 139.


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    (written 1 August 2023)