Laelia furva Turner, 1931
LYMANTRIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Laelia furva
(Photo: courtesy of Dominic Funnell, Mission River, Queensland)

The adult moth has pale grey-brown wings. The head is yellow. The moth has a wingspan of about 3 cms.

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

The species has been found in

  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera - Supplementary,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 56 (1931), p. 328.


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    (written 5 January 2022)