Acyphas leptotypa (Turner, 1904)
(previously known as Euproctis leptotypa)
LYMANTRIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Acyphas leptotypa
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species is white with a yellow abdomen. It has a wingspan of about 3 cms.

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

The species has been found in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    A Classification of the Australian Lymantriadae,
    Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
    1904, p. 475.


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    (updated 4 February 2010, 14 August 2019, 10 March 2021)