Grey Porela (previously known as Cosmotricha notodontina) LASIOCAMPINAE, LASIOCAMPIDAE, BOMBYCOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 1)
The moth is grey with zigzag bands across the forewings. The hindwings are plain off-white, often each with a diffuse darker band or base. The sexes are quite similar, except in size. The male moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms. The female moths have a wingspan of about 6 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further reading :
Rudolf Felder,
Atlas der Heterocera Sphingida. Noctuida,
in R. Felder & A.F. Rogenhofer:
Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde,
Heft IV, Band 2, Abtheilung 2 (1874), p. 3, and also
Plate 84, fig. 11.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 1,
Silk Moths and Allies - BOMBYCOIDEA,
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2008, pp. 12-13.
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(updated 15 April 2009, 19 March 2017, 8 September 2021)