Aglaopus stramentaria (T.P. Lucas, 1898)
(previously known as : Striglina stramentaria)
STRIGLININAE ,   THYRIDIDAE

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

Aglaopus stramentaria
(Photo: courtesy of Nick Monaghan, taken in Bunya Mountains)

These moths are yellow with one dark and a lot of faint wiggly lines across each wing. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

The species is found in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.


    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 8.15, p. 341.


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    (updated 21 July 2010)