Phazaca interrupta (Warren, 1896)
 (one synonym : Erosia radiata T.P. Lucas, 1898)
Plain Roll-moth
EPIPLEMINAE,   URANIIDAE,   URANIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Phazaca interrupta
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have a variable brownish-grey patchy wings. The hindwings each have a cusp on the margin.

Phazaca interrupta
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

Like many moths in the subfamily EPIPLEMINAE, the moth often exhibits an interesting resting posture by creasing its wings. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

Phazaca interrupta
male
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish, Moths of Victoria: Part 7)

Both sexes have thread-like antennae, but the antennae of the males is thicker.

Phazaca interrupta
female
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish, Moths of Victoria: Part 7)

The species occurs in :

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria, and
  • South Australia.

    Further reading :

    Marilyn Hewish,
    Moths of Victoria: Part 7,
    Bark Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (D)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2016, pp. 34-35.

    Graham McDonald,
    Moths of Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park,
    Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club,
    Metamorphosis Australia,
    Issue 76 (March 2015), pp. 8-9, fig. 2.

    William Warren,
    New Uraniidae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae from the Oriental and Palaearctic Regions,
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 3 (1896), p. 352, No. 42.

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    (written 26 October 2014, updated 12 July 2024)