Axiocleta perisema Turner, 1911 THAUMETOPOEINAE,   NOTODONTIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

female
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are white, sometimes having an incomplete brown line on each forewing. The abdomen has one (females) or two (males) black rings around the the end. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

male
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species is found in

northern Queensland.

female
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Annals of the Queensland Museum,
Volume 10 (1911), p. 134.

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(updated 5 May 2012, 24 April 2019)