(formerly known as Bombyx oxygramma) LASIOCAMPINAE, LASIOCAMPIDAE, BOMBYCOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Christina Suttner,
Hale, Northern Territory)
The adult male moths of this speciess have brown or grey forewings, each with a dark spot near the middle, narrow black veins in white stripes extending from near the base to the margin, a submarginal dark zigzag line, and some yellowish tinting near the base. The hindwings are white with chequered margins. The male moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Oswald Bertram Lower,
Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Lepidoptera.,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 26 (1902), p. 213.
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(written 13 May 2020, updated 1 January 2023)