(previously known as : Perna chlorophragma)
GASTROPACHINAE, LASIOCAMPIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 5 April 2009)
male
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 5 April 2009)
male
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
The adult moth of this species is white with a brown and white lattice pattern on the forewings. The male has a wingspan of about 3 cms.
The female has a fatter abdomen, antennae that are more threadlike, and has a wingspan of about 4 cms.
The species is found inland in the south of Australia, including:
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 39.4, p. 389.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Vol 1: Bombycoidea,
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2008, pp. 8-9.
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