| (previously known as Misalina gemmulosa) STRIGLININAE, THYRIDIDAE, THYRIDOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
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| (previously known as Misalina gemmulosa) STRIGLININAE, THYRIDIDAE, THYRIDOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
The adult moths of this species are orange, with each wing covered in a speckling of red spots, with black spots along the costa and hind-margin. The wingspan of the female is about 6 cms. The wingspan of the male is about 5 cms.
The species is found in Australia in
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, Pl. 8.21, p. 341.
Peter Hendry,
Gems of the North
Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club,
Metamorphosis Australia,
Issue 52 (March 2009), pp. 19-21.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 209.
Paul Ernest Sutton Whalley,
Tropical Leaf Moths,
Striglininae (Lepidoptera: Thyrididae),
London : British Museum (1976), pp. 114-115, and also
Plate 9, figs. 81 & 82 and other illustrations.
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(written 31 May 2012, updated 27 April 2019)