Tinged Tussock Moth (one synonym is Procodeca quadrata Walker, 1855) LYMANTRIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of
John Bromilow,
Rosedale, New South Wales)
This adult moths of this species have a body that is covered with off-white hair on top and orange underneath, with an orange tuft on the tail. The forewings are off-white shading to a pale yellow leading edge, and the hindwings are plain off-white. The males have an off-white hairy head and very feathery antennae. The females have a head covered in orange hair, and have thread-like antennae which are white on top and black underneath. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.
The species occurs in Australia in
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 43.3, p. 428.
Johan Christian Fabricius,
Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta,
Volume 3, Part 1 (1793), p. 463, No. 175.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 2,
Tiger Moths and their Allies - Noctuoidea (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 18-19.
Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths,
CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 12.
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(updated 13 September 2010, 13 November 2024)