Aglaopus innotata Warren, 1904
 (previously known as Misalina innotata)
STRIGLININAE,   THYRIDIDAE,   THYRIDOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Aglaopus innotata
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are orange, with variable dark marks, especially along each forewing costa. The wingspan is of the female is about 3 cms. The wingspan of the male is about 2 cms.

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

The species is found in Australia in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    William Warren,
    New Thyrididae and Geometridae from the Oriental Region,
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 11 (1904), p. 483, No. 2.

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    (written 23 July 2015, updated 31 August 2020)