Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae > Lymantria > Lymantria antennata

Lymantria antennata

Synonyms: Lymantria aurora (heterotypic); Lymantria turneri; Lymantria undifera

Wikipedia Abstract

Lymantria antennata is a species of moth of the Lymantriidae family. It is found along the east coast of Australia, including New South Wales and Queensland. The wingspan is 50 mm for males. Adult males have a hairy red body with a pale plume of hairs on the tail and pale hairs on the thorax and head. The forewings are buff with dark brown zig-zag markings, while the hindwings are pale brown. Females have reduced wings and are flightless.
View Wikipedia Record: Lymantria antennata

External References

Citations

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0