female
(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The adults vary in colour from olive-green to reddish-orange, with variable markings. The males have a grey head. The males have a wingspan of about 5 cms. The females are larger, with a wingspan of about 7 cms.

male
(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

Most Anthela species have two spots or lacunae on the forewings, But these are not obvious on the upper surfaces of the wings of this species, but they are visible on the undersides.

showing undersides (just)
(Photo: courtesy of Joan Fearn, Moruya, New South Wales)

The species is found in

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 13.2, p. 395.

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Vol 1: Bombycoidea,
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2008, pp. 20-21.

Buck Richardson,
Mothology,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2008, p. 12.

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 154.

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(updated 28 February 2011)