| PROCRIDINAE, ZYGAENIDAE, ZYGAENOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of
Peter Marriott,
Gilwell Park, Victoria)
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| PROCRIDINAE, ZYGAENIDAE, ZYGAENOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of
Peter Marriott,
Gilwell Park, Victoria)
The adult moths of this species are dark brown with a green iridescence. The head has a shiny green collar. The antennae of the male are pectinated, and the antennae of the female are thread-like. The females have a yellow tuft on the tip of the abdomen. The wingspan of both sexes is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further Reading:
Alex Kallies and Bernard Mollet,
A new species of forester moth from victoria (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae: Procridinae),
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 38, Part 1 (2011), p. 21-28.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 4 October 2024)