| Ebbe's Ghost Moth HEPIALIDAE, HEPIALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of
Carol &
Trevor Deane,
Dorrigo, New South Wales)
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| Ebbe's Ghost Moth HEPIALIDAE, HEPIALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of
Carol &
Trevor Deane,
Dorrigo, New South Wales)
The female moths of this species have brown wings covered in vague pale rings, and with several vague diagonal darker bands. The hindwings are a darker purplish brown with some vague dark diagonal bands The wingspan of the female is about 7 cms.
The males vary from yellow to brown with similar diagonal bands. The forewing tips of the male are recurved. The wingspan of the male is about 5 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in
Further reading :
Thomas J. Simonsen,
Splendid Ghost Moths and their Allies,
A Revision of Australian Abantiades, Oncopera, Aenetus, Archaeoaenetus and Zelotypia (Hepialidae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 12,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 2018, pp. 154-155, plate 32.
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(written 9 January 2026, updated 11 January 2026)