Bastilla hercodes (Meyrick, 1902)
 (formerly known as Thyas hercodes)
Western Praxis
EREBINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Peter Hendry, Rubyvale, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have a complex pattern of orange, black, and brown on the forewings. Each hindwing is grey crossed by a pale dark-edged band, shading into something like the forewing pattern around the tornus. The wingspan is about 3 cms.


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

The moths have been found in:

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of The Entomological Society of London,
    1902, p. 29.

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    (written 26 January 2026, updated 6 April 2026)