| (also known as Opodiphthera sulphurea) SATURNIIDAE, BOMBYCOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Graham McDonald, taken in the Iron Range, north Queensland)
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| (also known as Opodiphthera sulphurea) SATURNIIDAE, BOMBYCOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Graham McDonald, taken in the Iron Range, north Queensland)
These adult moths are yellow or brown. The moths have a conspicuous brown eyespot on each forewing. and a faint one on each hindwing. Each forewing also has a faint dark line across it. Each hindwing has two faint dark lines across it. There is a fading dark line at the basal end of the costa of each forewing. The wingspan is about 7 cms.
The species is found in Australia in
Further reading :
David A. Lane & S. Naumann,
A new species of Neodiphthera Fletcher
(Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) from northeastern Queensland,
The Australian Entomologist,
Volume 30, Part 2 (June 2003), pp. 79-86.
Graham McDonald,
Moths of Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park,
Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club,
Metamorphosis Australia,
Issue 76 (March 2015), pp. 10-11, fig. 8.
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(written 21 February 2015, updated 15 July 2024)