Authomaema diemeniana (Zeller, 1877)
 (formerly known as Conchylis diemeniana)
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Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Authomaema diemeniana
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has patterned forewings each with a yellow basal half and a dark brown marginal half.

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

The species has been found in :

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Tasmania.

    Further reading :

    Philipp C. Zeller,
    Exotische Microlepidopteren,
    Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae,
    Volume 13 (1877), pp. 138-139, No. 8.

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    (written 26 October 2014, updated 6 July 2019)