Doratifera ochroptila Turner, 1926
 (formerly known as Parasa corallina
LIMACODIDAE,   ZYGAENOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings, each with an off-white band along the margin. The hindwings are pale brown. The head and abdomen are covered in brown hair, but the thorax is covered in rusty brown hair, The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

The species occurs in Australia in:

  • Western Australia,
  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera: Drepanidae, Limacodidae, Zygaenidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 51 (1926), p. 420, No. 4.

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    (written 16 December 2022)