Euproctis subnobilis (Snellen, 1881)
(one synonym : Porthesia lincea)
LYMANTRIIDAE

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

Euproctis subnobilis
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The adults are dark brown except for a yellow thorax, yellow forewing tips, a yellow tuft of hair on the tip of the abdomen, and a scarlet edge to the hind wings. They have a wingspan of about 5 cms.

Euproctis subnobilis
(Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)

This species lives in the rain forests of

  • New Guinea, and
  • North Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 429.


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    (updated 11 February 2010)