(previously known as: Procris subdolosa)
PROCRIDINAE , ZYGAENIDAE
osa
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
and
Stella Crossley
(Photo : courtesy of
Buck Richardson, Kuranda)
osa
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
and
Stella Crossley
(Photo : courtesy of
Buck Richardson, Kuranda)
These caterpillars have been found feeding on
The adult moth is a metallic dark blue with a yellow thorax. The moth has a wingspan of about 1 cm.
The eggs are laid in open clusters on a foodplant, and covered in hairs from the abdomen of the female.
The species has been found as several subspecies in:
Further Reading:
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 297.
Gerhard M. Tarmann,
Zygaenid moths of Australia,
CSIRO Publishing 2005.
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(updated 29 March 2012)