Euproctis acatharta (Turner, 1906) (previously known as Porthesia acatharta) LYMANTRIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moth has fawn forewings each with two sinuous white transverse lines, a yellow suffusion along the costa, pale veins, and several pale spots along the margin. The hindwings are plain fawn. The wingspan of the male moth is about 2.5 cms. The wingspan of the female moth is about 3.5 cms.

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

The species is found in :

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera, with synonymic and other notes,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 30 (1906), p. 124.

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(written 4 March 2017, updated 27 February 2020)