| PHAUDINAE, ZYGAENIDAE, ZYGAENOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
This adult moth has wings which are dark brown each with an band orange across the base. The head, thorax, and abdomen are black, but the head has an orange collar. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in
This species is often placed in LACTURIDAE.
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 50 (1926), p. 146.
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(written 26 December 2018, updated 21 February 2026)