Hemonia simillima Rothschild, 1913
 LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Hemonia simillima
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville)

The moth of this species has dark grey forewings each with some dark curvy lines and small yellow markings. The hindwings are white. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

Hemonia simillima
male
(Photo: courtesy of Dave Britton, Australian Museum)

The species has been caught in

  • New Guinea,

    and in Australia in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Further reading:

    Lionel Walter Rothschild,
    New Lithosianae (cont.),
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 20 (1913), p. 223, No. 330.

    previous
    back
    caterpillar
    Australian
    Australian Butterflies
    butterflies
    Australian
    home
    caterpillars
    Australian
    Australian Moths
    moths
    next
    next
    caterpillar

    (updated 24 April 2008, 24 August 2021)