(one synonym: Cataclysta nympha Butler, 1880) SPILOMELINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Bart Hacobian & Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson,
Kuranda, Queensland)
The Caterpillars of this species feed on various species of
The adult moth is yellow with a prominent brown triangle on each forewing costa, a set of six black spots near each hindwing tornus, and a number of transparent windows. The wings have an iridescent sheen.
The species occurs across south-east Asia, including
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Frederic Moore,
The Lepidopterous Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London,
Part 3 (1877), p. 616, and also
Plate 60, fig. 12.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 50.
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(updated 13 June 2005, 3 April 2015, 26 November 2020)