Hypsidia erythropsalis Rothschild, 1896
(previously known as : Eggersia erythropsalis)
DREPANIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Ted L. Martin & Stella Crossley


(updated 7 June 2007)


The adult moth of this species is spectacular. It has brown forewings each with yellow tips, a white spot on the margin, and two midwing white spots with red centres. The hindwings are orange. The head and thorax are orange, and the abdomen red with a brown last segment bearing a tuft of white hairs. The moth has a wingspan of about 6 cms.

The species lives in the rainforests of northern Queensland.


Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 380.


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