Aglaopus ferruginea (Whalley, 1976) (formerly known as Misalina ferruginea) STRIGLININAE,   THYRIDIDAE,   THYRIDOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Nick Lambert, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales)

The adult moths of this species are rusty brown, with a lot of elongated dark dots on the wings. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms. The moths often rest with the forewings creased along the costas.

(Photo: courtesy of Nick Lambert, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales)

The species is found in Australia in

New South Wales.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

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Further reading :

Paul Ernest Sutton Whalley,
Tropical Leaf Moths,
Striglininae (Lepidoptera: Thyrididae),
London : British Museum (1976), pp. 104-105, and also Plate 8, fig. 67, and Plate 30, fig 252.

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(written 23 November 2019)