STRIGLININAE, THYRIDIDAE, THYRIDOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
The adult moths of this species are fawn, with some dark wavy lines and some translucent window spots near the middle of the forewings. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms. The moths often rest with the forewings creased along the costas.
The species is found in Australia in
Further reading :
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 210.
Paul Ernest Sutton Whalley,
Tropical Leaf Moths,
Striglininae (Lepidoptera: Thyrididae),
London : British Museum (1976), p. 152, and also
Plate 13, fig. 121,, etc.
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(updated 10 November 2011, 2 September 2020)