Pheraspis spodea Turner, 1903 NOTODONTINAE,   NOTODONTIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

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

The adult moths of this species are off-white, with forewings that are each sometimes crossed by several faint dark suffused zig-zag lines. The hindwings are off-white shading to pale brown at the hind margin. The wingspan is about 5 cms.

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

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 28 (1903), p. 63, No. 18.

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(written 24 December 2018)