Aglaopus carycina (Turner, 1915)
(previously knpwn as : Cydrastis carycina)
STRIGLININAE ,   THYRIDIDAE

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

Aglaopus carycina
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The adult moths of this species are orange, with the wings covered in a speckling of round pale spots between wandering brown blotchy lines..

The species is found in Australia in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
    A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 125.


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    (updated 21 January 2011)