(one synonym: Orgyia postica Strand, 1933) LYMANTRIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
David Fisher,
Nitmiluk, Northern Territory)
The Caterpillar of this species has been found on
The male adult moth has brown forewings, each with grey areas, and a black zigzag line near the middle. The hindwings are plain brown. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The species has been found in :
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Jules C.E. Riotte,
1976
Kurze Notiz zur Kenntnis einer neuen Art der Gattung Orgyia
von Papua New Guinea und Australien (Lep. Lymantriidae),
Entomologische Zeitung, Frankfurt am Mainz,
Volume 86, Part 9 (1976), pp. 89-93.
Jules C.E. Riotte,
1976
Australian and Papuan Tussock Moths of the Orgyia Complex (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae),
Pacific Insects,
Volume 20, Parts 2-3 (1979), pp. 293-311.
Embrik Strand,
Pantana - Laelia,
in Adalbert Seitz (ed.):
The Macrolepidoptera of the World,
Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag, Volume 10 (1933), p. 304, and also
Plate 42, fig i2.
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(updated 28 February 2012, 7 February 2023)