Tan Clear Winged Snout Moth (one synonym : Genduara picta Lucas, 1895) LASIOCAMPINAE, LASIOCAMPIDAE, BOMBYCOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 1)
The adult moths of this species are brown, with a submarginal arc of black spots, and a white spot near the middle of each forewing. The hindwings are greyish-brown. The thorax of the males is black whereas that of the females is white. The wingspan of the females is about 3 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in
Further reading :
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 1,
Silk Moths and Allies - BOMBYCOIDEA,
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2008, pp. 14-15.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 32, Supplement 2 (1865), p. 572, No. vi 1472.
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(updated 28 March 2009)