Hypolamprus ypsilon (Warren, 1899)
(previously known as Banisia ypsilon)
SICULODINAE,   THYRIDIDAE,   THYRIDOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Hypolamprus ypsilon
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are pale brown with a network of brown lines across each wing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species is found in Australia in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.


    Further reading :

    William Warren,
    New Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, Uraniidae, and Geometridae. From the the Oriental and Palaearctic regions,
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 6 (1899), p. 316, No. 10.


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    (written 17 January 2015, updated 3 Sepember 2020)