Chiriphe equidistans (T.P. Lucas, 1890) (one synonym: Scaptesyle aequidistans Hampson, 1900) LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

This species has adult moths with forewings that are black, each crossed by 4 yellow bands. The hindwings are yellow with a broad black border around the margins. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in :

New South Wales.

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Further reading:

Thomas P. Lucas,
On Queensland and other Australian Macro-Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 4, Part 4 (1890), pp. 1080-1081.

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(written 10 February 2013, updated 22 October 2024)