Euproctis aganopa Turner, 1921 LYMANTRIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Lake Eacham, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has pale brown forewings, each crossed by two faint dark wiggly lines, and with a dark spot near the middle. The hindwings are plain yellow. The moth has a wingspan of about 3 cms.

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

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera - Liparidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 45 (1921), p. 484. No. 23.

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(written 22 December 2018, updated 22 June 2026)