Polyeucta callimorpha Turner, 1917
(erroneously: Polyzeucta callimorpha)
OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE

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

(updated 11 November 2007)


(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The adult moth of this species has white legs, and pink and yellow wings, although the pink colours are inclined to fade to brown in museum specimens. The pink areas are outlined in dark brown, and contain a big black dot near the costa of each forewing.

The species has been found in Queensland.

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