Hestiochora furcata Tarmann, 2005 PROCRIDINAE,   ZYGAENIDAE,   ZYGAENOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Harvey Perkins, Mount Clear, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moth of this species has a black head with a red collar around its head, a black thorax, and a white abdomen with some black segments. The forewings are black, each sometimes with vague transparent stripes. The hindwings are black.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in:

Australian Capital Territory.

showing underside
(Photo: courtesy of Harvey Perkins, Mount Clear, Australian Capital Territory)

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Further reading :

Gerhard M. Tarmann,
Zygaenid moths of Australia,
CSIRO Publishing 2004, p. 148.

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(written 5 February 2018, updated 23 June 2024)