(formerly known as Oligophlebia eusphyra) TINTHIINAE, SESIIDAE, SESIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Bart Hacobian, Millaa Millaa, Queensland)
The Caterpillars of this species are thought to feed on
The adult moths look remarkably like wasps, but have a wider connection between the thorax and abdomen. The moths have black forewings, each with a submarginal lacuna, and transparent hindwings. The females have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms. The males have a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species occurs in Australia in
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
Lepidopterological gleanings,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 29 (1917), p. 79.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 4 December 2023)