Euproctis epidela Turner, 1906
LYMANTRIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth of this species is yellow, with the males having two pale wavy lines across each forewing. The moth has a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.

The species has been found in

  • Northern Territory, and
  • 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. 125.


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    (written 22 December 2018, 11 March 2021)