Euproctis lucifuga (T.P. Lucas, 1892) (previously known as: Artaxa lucifuga) LYMANTRIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

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

This adult moth has a black body with an orange hairy tuft on the tail. The forewings are brown. The hind wings are plain orange. The moths have a wingspan up to 5 cms.

female
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The males have two pale zig-zag lines across each forewing. The females have unformly brown forewings. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

female, underside
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

It is an Australian rainforest species from

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Thomas P. Lucas,
On twenty new Species of Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 7, Part 2 (1892), pp. 250-251.

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 110.

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(updated 11 February 2010, 22 December 2012, 10 March 2021)