Euproctis hymnolis Turner, 1921 LYMANTRIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

This adult moth has pale orange wings with even paler veins. Each forewing has a dark dumbbell-shaped mark near the middle. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

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

This species has been found in Australia in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 108.

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera - Liparidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 45, Part 4 (1921), p. 485, No. 28.

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(updated 16 July 2008, 13 January 2026)