(previously known as : Anthela leucocera)
ANTHELIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 21 April 2009)
male
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Aranda)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 21 April 2009)
male
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Aranda)
These caterpillars pupate in the soil inside a silk cocoon.
The male adult moths of this species have fully developed wings and can fly. Their wings are a uniform pale brown colour. The wingspan is about 5 cms. The females cannot fly as they only have vestigial wings.
The species occurs in
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 40.6, p. 396.
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