Asura catameces Turner, 1940 LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Simon Ong, Black Jungle, Northern Territory)

This species has black adult moths that have a yellow collar around the head, and a bold pattern of yellow spots on the wings. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of David Britton, Australian Museum)

The species has been found in Australia in

Northern Territory.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of the Australian Arctiidae (Lepidoptera),
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 51 (1940), p. 98, No. 145.

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(written 16 December 2023)