Urapteroides astheniata (Guenee, 1857)
(previously known as : Micronia astheniata)
URANIINAE, URANIIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Neil Hewett & Stella Crossley

(updated 18 March 2005)


(Photo: courtesy of the Bishop Museum, Hawaii)

The Caterpillars of this species are green with broken yellow stripes along the length at shoulder level. They feed on :

  • Sesendok ( Endospermum species, EUPHORBIACEAE ).


    (Photo: courtesy of Cooper Creek Wildernes)

    The adult moths are pale cream with several brown lines : three complete and two incomplete across each forewing, and two across each hindwing. They have a wingspan of about 6 cms.

    They occur over much of south-east Asia, from India to Fiji, including :

  • New Guinea and
  • the tropical north of Australia.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 384.

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