Philenora undulosa

Philenora undulosa (Walker, 1858)
Waved Philenora
(previously known as Acontia undulosa)
LITHOSIINI, ARCTIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA

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

Philenora undulosa
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 2)

The moth of this species is off-white with dark brown markings, including several jagged lines across each forewing. The hindwings are pale yellow with brown wingtips. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

mating pair
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 2)

The males are similar to the females but have feathery antennae, whereas the females have thread-like antennae.

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 2)

The species has been caught in :

New South Wales,

Victoria, and

Tasmania.

female, drawing by George F. Hampson,
Catalogue of the Arctiadć (Nolinć, Lithosianć) in the Collection of the British Museum,
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalćnć in the British Museum,
Volume II (1900), Plate XXXIII, fig. 25,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

Further reading :

George F. Hampson,
Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the Collection of the British Museum,
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
Volume 2 (1900), p. 510, No. 1096, and also Plate 33, fig. 25.

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 2,
Tiger Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 24-25.

Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 12 (1858), p. 797, No. 40.

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(written 7 July 2013, updated 14 May 2018, 23 August 2021)