(formerly known as Heracula leonina) LYMANTRIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Specimen: courtesy of
Victor Fazio,
Tinonee, New South Wales)
The adult moth is brown, with a yellow spot in the middle of each forewing. The moth has a wingspan of about 6 cms.
The species is found in
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera, with synonymic and other notes,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 27 (1903), p. 17.
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(updated 29 September 2009, 22 December 2012, 25 January 2022)