SESIINAE, SESIIDAE, SESIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moths of this species look remarkably like wasps, but have a wider connection between the thorax and abdomen. The moths transparent wings with a metallic sheen.
The species occurs in
and aslo in Australia in
Further reading :
Alexey Diakonoff,
Microlepidoptera of New Guinea, Results of the Third Archbold Expedition
(American-Netherlands Indian Expedition 1938-1939) Part IV,
Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen,
Series 2, Volume 50, Part 1 (1954), p. 185.
A. Kallies,
New records and a revised checklist
of the Australian clearwing moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae),
Journal of the Australian Entomological Society,
Volume 40, Part 4 (October 2001), pp. 342-348.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 12 March 2017)