Panacela syntropha Turner, 1922 PANACELINAE,   EUPTEROTIDAE,   BOMBYCOIDEA

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

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

The adult male and female moths are rather different. The male is brown with a dark line across each wing. and the forewing tips are hooked. The wingspan of the male is about 3 cms.

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

The female is grey. The wingspan of the female is about 4 cms.

The species occurs in Australia, in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Saturniadae, Bombycidae, Eupterotidae, Notodontidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 47 (1922), pp. 358-359.

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(written 28 March 2019, updated 9 May 2021)