Anthela ariprepes Turner, 1921
 ANTHELINAE ,   ANTHELIDAE

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

Anthela ariprepes
male
(Photo: copyright Peter Marriott,
Specimen: courtesy of V.J. Robinson, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.)

The caterpillars of this species feed on :

  • Wattles ( Acacia species, MIMOSACEAE ).

    The adult moth is basically grey. Each wing has two dark submarginal wiggly lines. Each forewing has two white spots. The hindwings have a large yellow basal area. The wingspan is about 6 cms.

    Anthela ariprepes
    female
    (Photo: copyright Peter Marriott,
    Specimen: courtesy of V.J. Robinson, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.)

    The species occurs in

  • New South Wales,
  • Queensland, and
  • Victoria.

    Further reading:

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 13.11, p. 395.

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria: Vol 1: Bombycoidea,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2008, pp. 18-19.

    Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
    A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 156.

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    (updated 13 April 2011)