(one synonym is Procris amethystina Meyrick, 1888) PROCRIDINAE, ZYGAENIDAE, ZYGAENOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of
Jordan,
Kwinana, Western Australia)
This caterpillar is brown and hairy.
The adult moths of this species are black with a bronze iridescence. The abdomen of the female has a bunch of gold hairs on the tip. The antennae of the female are threadlike, and the antennae of the male are pectinated. The wingspan of both sexes is about 1.8 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further Reading:
Gerhard M. Tarmann,
Zygaenid moths of Australia,
CSIRO Publishing 2004, pp. 59, 65, 67, 73-76, 79-81, 111, 119, 127, pls. 8, 64.
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera II,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 2, Part 4 (1888), p. 927.
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(written 16 December 2018, updated 19 June 2024)