| (previously known as : Orgyia retinopepla) LYMANTRIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of
Jesse & Peter Koch,
Cobdogla, South Australia)
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| (previously known as : Orgyia retinopepla) LYMANTRIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of
Jesse & Peter Koch,
Cobdogla, South Australia)
The adult male moth has pale brown forewings, each with a dark transverse arc by the base, a white wavy submarginal line, and a dark spot near the middle of the costa. The hindwings are dark brown. The moth has a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptions of New Australian Lepidoptera with Synonymic Notes. No. XXIII,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 29 (1905), pp. 176-177.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 25 April 2022)