Cremnophora angasii (Angas, 1847)
Crimson Beauty
(previously known as Agrista angasii)
AGARISTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Cremnophora angasii
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Stenman, Gluepot Reserve, South Australia)

The Caterpillars of this species have been found feeding on :

  • Mallee Blue-flower ( Halgania cyanea, BORAGINACEAE ).

    Cremnophora angasii
    (Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

    The adult moths of this species are dark brown, with a large white question mark and some white spots on each forewing. The forewings each have a row of red and white spots along the margin. The hindwings each have a plain white margin. There are pink tufts on the head and thorax, and the labial palps are pink. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.

    Cremnophora angasii
    showing pink bits
    (Photo: copyright of Brett and Marie Smith at Ellura Sanctuary, South Australia)

    The species is found in

  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Cremnophora angasii
    underside
    (Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)


    Further reading :

    George French Angas,
    South Australia Illustrated,
    in Braby and Olsen:
    A Flutter of Butterflies,
    Thomas McLean, London, 1847, Part 7, Plate 37.

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 463, pl. 22.20.

    Peter B. McQuillan, Jan A. Forrest, David Keane, & Roger Grund,
    Caterpillars, moths, and their plants of Southern Australia,
    Butterfly Conservation South Australia Inc., Adelaide (2019), p. 175.

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
    Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B)
    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 34-35.


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    (updated 9 July 2007, 23 April 2018, 27 October 2020)