| Saffron Tussock (previously known as Chionophasma crocea) LYMANTRIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian McMaster, Mount Mellum, Queensland)
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| Saffron Tussock (previously known as Chionophasma crocea) LYMANTRIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian McMaster, Mount Mellum, Queensland)
The adult moth is uniformly brown, except for a lighter spot in the centre of each forewing, and a dark abdomen. The moth has a wingspan of about 4 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 430.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 32, Supplement 2 (1865), pp. 355-356.
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(updated 23 August 2004)