Cyclura lechriodes (Turner, 1926) (previously known as Amphitorna lechriodes) DREPANIDAE,   DREPANOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has yellow or brown wings, typically with two curved pale lines on each wing, and with dark patches on each forewing near the middle, near a small round fenestra, and more near the middle of the margin. The forewings have the characteristic hooked wingtips of this moth family DREPANIDAE. The wingspan of the male is about 3 cms. The wingspan of the female is nearer 4 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species occurs in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 54.

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera: Drepanidae, Limacodidae, Zygaenidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 51 (1926), pp. 414-415, No. 1.

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(written 2 April 2012, updated 4 January 2022)