| (erroneously Tinthia xanthopila) TINTHIINAE, SESIIDAE, SESIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
D. H. Fischer,
Mission Beach, Queensland)
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| (erroneously Tinthia xanthopila) TINTHIINAE, SESIIDAE, SESIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
D. H. Fischer,
Mission Beach, Queensland)
The adult moths of this species look remarkably like wasps, but have a wider connection between the thorax and abdomen. The moths black forewings, each with a yellow spot in the middle. The hindwings are transparent with black veins and margins. The head and body are black, except for a yellow collar to the head, and yellow rings on the abdomen. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in
Further reading :
George F. Hampson,
A classification of the Aegeriadae of the Oriental and Ethiopian Regions,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 26 (1919), pp. 115-116. No. 58.
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 10 February 23)