Pseudosesia oberthuri (Le Cerf, 1916)
(erroneously: Phlogothauma oberthueri)
Golden Clearwing
SESIIDAE

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

(updated 6 January 2010)

These Caterpillars have been found boring into the stems of :

  • Bush Cassava ( Ampelocissus acetosa, VITACEAE ).

    The adult moths have transparent wings with narrow brown margins. The forewings of the females are golden coloured. The males have uncoloured wings. The body has two yellow bands, and there is a large tuft of golden hairs on the tip of the abdomen. The head and antennae are also golden.

    The species occurs in the Northern Territory.


    Further reading :

    David Carter, Butterflies and Moths, Collins Eyewitness Handbooks, Sydney 1992, p. 286.


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