(previously known as Teara argentosa) THAUMETOPOEINAE, NOTODONTIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of
Buck Richarson, Kuranda, Queensland)
The adult moth has wings that are off-white, each with a submarginal row of whiter spots. The forewings each have a vague brown line along the costa, and the males often have a variable pale brown medial arc. The hindwings are pale yellow. All four wings may have a variable pale brown spot near the middle. The abdomen is yellow. The male has very feathery antennae.
The wingspan of the male is about 4 cms. The wingspan of the female is about 4.5 cms. The female has slightly feathery antennae, and no brown medial arc on the forewings.
This species has been found in :
Further reading :
Thomas P. Lucas,
On Queensland and other Australian macro-lepidoptera,
with localities, and descriptions of new species,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 4, Part 4 (1890), pp. 1089-1090.
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(updated 11 November 2012, 26 June 2022)