Spilarctia nobilis Turner, 1940 (formerly known as Spilosoma nobilis) ARCTIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has wings that are off-white, with black spots, and also with black spots on the thorax, and on the red abdomen. The wingspan is about 6 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
A revision of the Australian Arctiidae (Lepidoptera),
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 51 (1940), p. 125, No. 216.

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(written 17 December 2011, updated 13 February 2023)