(previously known as Porthesia pyraustis) LYMANTRIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Specimen: courtesy of the
The Australian Museum)
The adult moth is uniformly brown, with the hindwings darker than the forewings. It has a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species is found in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Description of New Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 14 (1891), p. 194.
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(updated 13 October 2001, updated 13 October 2013)