Parasoidea albicollaris Hering, 1931
 LIMACODIDAE,   ZYGAENOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Peter Hendry,, Saint George, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have variable grey and white patterned forewings, some specimens having the pattern obscured by an additional wing cover of plain brown or grey scales. The hindwings vary from off-white to brown. The wingspan is about 3 cms.


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

The species has been found in:

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Erich Martin Hering,
    Mambarona; Mambarilla; Limacorina,,
    Die Gross-Schmetterlinge Der Erde,
    Band 10 txt (1933), p. 685,

    Adalbert Seitz (ed.)
    Belippa, Parasa,
    The Macrolepidoptera of the World,
    Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag,
    Volume 10 (1933), Plate 86, Fig. h2.

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    (written 2 June 2025)