| (one synonym is Porthesia enthysana Swinhoe, 1903) LYMANTRIIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
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| (one synonym is Porthesia enthysana Swinhoe, 1903) LYMANTRIIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth of this species is white, except for having yellow hairs on the forewing hindmargins, and a black abdomen with a yellow tuft on the tip. The moth has a wingspan of about 3 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 26 (1902), pp. 175-176.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 22 December 2018)