| (formerly known as Gonocausta asuridia) SIMAETHISTIDAE, THYRIDOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
Drawing by Arthur G. Butler, listed as Gonocausta asuridia,
Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from the Australian region,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1886, part 4, Plate X, fig 5,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library,
digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.
The adult moths of this species are dark brown with sinuous yellow patches on each wing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in
Further reading :
Arthur G. Butler,
Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from the Australian region,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1886, Part 4, pp. 429-430, No. 77,, and
Plate X, Fig. 5.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 20 July 2022)