Magnificent Sun Moth CASTNIIDAE, SESIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Reiner Richter,
Newnes Plateau, New South Wales)
The adult moth of this species has speckled brown forewings with two irregular broad pale diagonal bands forming a 'V' shape.
The hindwings are dark brown with two curving orange bands, and a submarginal arc of orange spots. The wingspan is about 4.5 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading :
Embrik Strand,
Bombyces and Sphinges of the Indo-Australian Region,
in Adalbert Seitz (ed.):
The Macrolepidoptera of the World,
Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag, Volume 10 (1933), p.2, and also
Plate 9, fig b2.
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(written 14 February 2017, updated 21 August 2018, 8 September 2019, 30 July 2021)