Epicoma barytima Turner, 1917 THAUMETOPOEINAE,   NOTODONTIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Bevan Buirchell, Fortescue, Western Australia)

The adult moth has forewings that are shining white, each with a brown spot near the middle of the wing, and a broken sinuous brown medial line. The hindwings are pale brown, each also with two brown medial arcs and a brown spot near the middle. The head and thorax are covered in white hair.

female
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Perth, Western Australia)

The wingspan of the female is about 4.5 cms. The wingspan of the male is about 4 cms.

male
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Perth, Western Australia)

This species occurs in :

Western Australia.

female underside
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Perth, Western Australia)

male underside
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Perth, Western Australia)

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Lepidopterological gleanings,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 29 (1917), pp. 74-75, No. 43.

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(written 29 June 2019, updated 26 June 2022)