Aglaopus loxomita (Turner, 1906)
(previously known as Rhodoneura loxomita)
STRIGLININAE,   THYRIDIDAE,   THYRIDOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Aglaopus loxomita
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The adult moths of this species are brown, with a dark line across each of the wings. The moths are inclined to rest with a crease in the forewings. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

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

The species is found in Australia in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.


    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 209.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    A preliminary revision of the Australian Thyrididae and Pyralidae, Part II, (continued),
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 19 (1905), p. 89.


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    (created 26 November 2011, updated 25 January 2012, 31 August 2020)