Limacochara pulchra (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
 (formerly known as Lasiochara pulchra)
LIMACODIDAE,   ZYGAENOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moths of this species have patchy pinkish brown forewings with a lilac sheen, and a dark zigzag line across the middle. The hindwings are plain pinkish brown with a lilac sheen.

The species occurs in Australia in

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    George Thomas Bethune-Baker,
    New Lepidoptera from British New Guinea,
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 11 (1904), pp. 392, No. 58. and also Plate 5, fig. 49.

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    (written 29 July 2023)