Dura ochrias (Turner, 1906)
 (previously known as Imaus ochrias)
LYMANTRIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Stella Crossley

Dura ochrias
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth has a brown body, and buff wings, with a dark spot in the middle of each forewing. The moth has a wingspan of about 3 cms.

Dura ochrias
(Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)

The species is found in:

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 107.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Lepidoptera, with Synonymic and other Notes,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 30 (1906), p. 126-127.

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    (updated 8 February 2010, 25 May 2021)