(erroneously known as Hestiochora xanthosoma) PROCRIDINAE, ZYGAENIDAE, ZYGAENOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks,
Townsville, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species is rather wasp-like, having a black body with some yellow bands, and a yellow collar around its head. The wings are black with a broad yellow stripe along the middle of each wing. The underside of the abdomen is white. The female is rather fatter than the male. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species is found in:
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. I,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 1, Part 3 (1886), pp. 788-789, No. 144.
Gerhard M. Tarmann,
Zygaenid moths of Australia,
CSIRO Publishing 2004.
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(updated 27 January 2012, 14 July 2019, 12 September 2020)