Arctornis queenslandica Mackey, 2016 LYMANTRIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are basically white, with satiny translucent wings. The head has two purplish spots between the eyes. The male moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms. The female moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The eggs are spherical and .greenish-yellow. They have a diameter of abot 1 mm.

female laying an egg
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

Arctornis queenslandica has been found in

Queensland.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

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Further reading :

Peter Mackey,
Review of the Australian species of Arctornis Germar, 1810 (Lepidoptera:Erebidae:Lymantriinae),
Australian Entomologist,
Volume 43, Part 3 (2016), pp. 174-177.

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(written 27 June 2025)