Aglaopus gemmulosa (Whalley, 1976)
(previously known as Misalina gemmulosa)
STRIGLININAE,   THYRIDIDAE,   THYRIDOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Aglaopus gemmulosa
female
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The adult moths of this species are orange, with each wing covered in a speckling of red spots, with black spots along the costa and hind-margin. The wingspan of the female is about 6 cms. The wingspan of the male is about 5 cms.

Aglaopus gemmulosa
male
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The species is found in Australia in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia,
    Melbourne University Press, 1990, Pl. 8.21, p. 341.

    Peter Hendry,
    Gems of the North
    Metamorphosis Australia,
    Issue 52 (March 2009), pp. 19-21,

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 209.

    Paul Ernest Sutton Whalley,
    Tropical Leaf Moths,
    Striglininae (Lepidoptera: Thyrididae),
    London : British Museum (1976), pp. 114-115, and also Plate 9, figs. 81 & 82 and other illustrations.


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    (written 31 May 2012, updated 27 April 2019)