| (one synonym is Enaemia pyrochrysa Lower, 1894) LACTURIDAE, ZYGAENOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian McMaster,
Mount Mellum, Queensland)
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| (one synonym is Enaemia pyrochrysa Lower, 1894) LACTURIDAE, ZYGAENOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian McMaster,
Mount Mellum, Queensland)
This adult moth has off-white forewings, each with a brown pattern, and orange spots and streaks. The hindwings are orange. The thorax is brown with two white spots, and the abdomen is orange. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading :
Oswald B. Lower,
New Australian Heterocera.,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 18 (1894), p. 111.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 31, Supplement 1 (1865), p. 258.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  imagoes |  caterpillar |
(written 26 December 2018, updated 25 July 2022)