Trichiocercus celaena THAUMETOPOEINAE,   NOTODONTIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Diana Davey, Coolah Tops, New South Wales)

The adult moths of this species have brown wings, and very hairy legs. The leg hairs are pale brown, except the forelegs have some black hairs. The moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

New South Wales.

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(written 12 May 2017, updated 24 September 2022)