Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 3 June 2008)

(Photo: courtesy of
Buck Richardson, Kuranda)
The wings of the adult moth of this species are a very dark blue, with a white mark across the middle of each forewing, and a large white area on each hindwing, and pale submarginal line on each wing. The abdomen is yellow.
It has been suggested that the moth mimics some poisonous ARCTIIDAE such as Nyctemera amicus.
The species has been found in Australia in:
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 366.
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