Collinsa submicans (Warren, 1908)
(one synonym: Rhodoneura crypsilitha Turner, 1911)
SICULODINAE,   THYRIDIDAE,   THYRIDOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moths of this species are brown, and peppered with dark marks. The forewings have recurved wing-tips. The wingspan is about 1.7 cms.

The species is found in Australia in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
    Annals of the Queensland Museum,
    Volume 10 (1911), p. 105.

    William Warren,
    New Thyrididae in the Tring Museum,
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 15 (1908), p. 330, No. 14.


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    (written 26 April 2019, updated 3 September 2020)