(previously known as Porthesia galactopis) LYMANTRIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
This adult moth has a dark brown hairy body. The wings are white, with light brown veins and leading edge to the forewings. It has a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 26 (1902), p. 176.
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(updated 13 October 2001, 16 September 2023)