Genduara dianipha (Turner, 1911) (previously known as Crexa dianipha) LASIOCAMPINAE,   LASIOCAMPIDAE,   BOMBYCOIDEA

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

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

The adult moths of this species have brown patterned forewings each with a broad white stripe. The hindwings are plain brown each with a pale stripe. The moths have fluffy white hair on the femurs, the thorax, and the tip of the abdomen. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in :

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Annals of the Queensland Museum,
Volume 10 (1911), pp. 92-93.

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(written 19 July 2015, updated 25 February 2019, 16 March 2021)