Attacus wardi Rothschild, 1910
(one synonym : Arcuata dohertyi)
SATURNIIDAE

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

(updated 24 August 2004)


(Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)

The moth is rusty brown with a double white line extending across each wing, and a large irregular white spot on each wing. It has a wingspan of about 17 cms. The species is found in the Northern Territory, around Darwin, in Australia.


Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 407.


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