Euproctis stenomorpha Turner, 1921 LYMANTRIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

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

The adult moth of this species has brown forewings, each with a vague pale spot near the middle, and an arc of vague pale spots around the margin. The hindwings are plain pale brown. The head and tail tuft are orange, and the rest of the body is covered in dark brown scales. The moth has a wingspan of about 3 cms.

The species has been found in

Northern Territory.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera - Liparidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 45 (1921), p. 484. No. 21.

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(written 13 November 2023)