Eustixis leucophthalma (Meyrick, 1907)
(previously known as : Lactura erythractis)
LACTURIDAE

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

(updated 7 June 2008)

Eustixis leucophthalma
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

This adult moth has forewings which are rusty red with yellow edges, and have a large pale blotch in the middle. The hind wings are a uniform silky orange. The species occurs in northern New South Wales and Queensland, including Kuranda and Lizard Island.


Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 299.


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