Bridal Sun Moth CASTNIIDAE, SESIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth of this species has grey-brown forewings each with some pale markings, and a submarginal arc of dark chevrons. The hindwings are dark brown, each with a large orange triangle at the base, a submarginal arc of three large orange spots, and sometimes a blue band along the costa. The wingspan is about 4 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading :
John O. Westwood,
A monograph of the Lepidopterous genus Castnia and some allied groups,
Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Series (Zoology),
Volume 1 (1877), p. 197, and also
Plate 33, fig. 7.
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(written 24 August 2018)