Anepopsia eugyra Turner, 1926 LIMACODIDAE,   ZYGAENOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Kalu Davies, Speewah, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has forewings that are pale brown with some dark speckles, and with a dark-edged pale diagonal line separating a variable darker central area. The hindwings are plain pale brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

dark version
(Photo: courtesy of Kalu Davies, Speewah, Queensland)

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera: Drepanidae, Limacodidae, Zygaenidae.,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 51 (1926), p. 429, No. 28.

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(written 31 October 2018, updated 18 May 2024)