Myrtartona coronias (Meyrick, 1886)
 (formerly known as Procris coronias)
PROCRIDINAE,   ZYGAENIDAE,   ZYGAENOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Myrtartona coronias
(Photo: courtesy of Judith Roach, at Namadgi National Park, Australian Capital Territory)

This adult moth is black with a blue sheen. The moths have a wingspan of about 1 cm.

Myrtartona coronias
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in:

  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria, and
  • Tasmania.

    Further Reading:

    Gerhard M. Tarmann,
    Zygaenid moths of Australia,
    CSIRO Publishing 2004, p. 170.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera I,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 1, Part 3 (1886), p. 792, No. 46.

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    (updated 15 June 2009, 23 December 2016)