Atteva megalastra Meyrick, 1907
ATTEVINAE,   YPONOMEUTIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Dick Whitford, Julatten, Queensland)

The pupa of this species is white with black spots. It is formed in an extensive white but translucent silk cocoon amongst the foliage of its foodplant. The pupa has a length of about 1.3 cms.


(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moth has dark orange forewings, each with a variable number of white spots of various sizes. The hindwings are yellow. Its wingspan is about 2 cms.


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

The species has been found in:

  • Western Australia, and
  • Queensland.


    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Dick Whitford, Julatten, Queensland)

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia,
    Melbourne University Press, 1990, Pl. 3.24, p. 204.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australasian Micro-lepidoptera. XIX. Plutellidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 32 (1907), pp. 81-82, No. 120.

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    (written 6 November 2014, updated 31 March 2019, 10 Setember 2020)