| (also known as Nygmia habrostola) LYMANTRIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Dianne Clarke, Mapleton, Queensland)
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| (also known as Nygmia habrostola) LYMANTRIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Dianne Clarke, Mapleton, Queensland)
The Caterpillars of this species have been reported feeding on:
The adult moths have uniformly pale brown forewings and yellow hindwings, The undersides are similar. The female is larger than the male, and has a wingspan of about 5 cms. The females often have a broad dark streak along the hind margin of the hindwing. The abdomen of both sexes is dark brown on top and yellow underneath.
The male has a wingspan of about 4 cms. The male has a pale tuft of hairs on the tip of the abdomen.
The species is found in
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 26 (1902), p. 179.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(updated 29 September 2009, 20 December 2024)