(one synonym : Spilosomia frenchii Lucas, 1898) ARCTIINI, ARCTIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Graham McDonald, taken in north Queensland))
The adult moth of this species has forewings that are off-white with black spots, sometimes with large brown patch. The hindwings and abdomen are red with variable black markings. The wingspan is about 5 cms.
The species is found in Australia in
Further reading:
George F. Hampson,
Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae in the British Museum,
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
Volume 3 (1901), p. 269, No. 1715, and also
Plate 44, figure 8.
Thomas P. Lucas,
Descriptions of Queensland Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 13 (1898), pp. 59-60.
Graham J. McDonald,
Moths of Tropical North Queensland,
Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club,
Metamorphosis Australia,
Issue 75 (December 2014), pp. 7-12, Figure 5.
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. I,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 1, Part 3 (1886), pp. 753-754, No. 92.
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(written 2 February 2015, updated 18 February 2015)