Euproctis stenomorpha Turner, 1921 LYMANTRIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

female
(Photo: courtesy of Mark Hura, Darwin, Northern Territory)

The adult moths of this species are dimorphic.
The female has brown forewings, each with a large vague pale spot near the middle, and a vague pale band along the margin. The hindwings of the female are pale brown, darkening toward the margin. The head and bulbous tail tuft are pale brown, and the rest of the body is covered in dark brown scales.

male
(Photo: courtesy of Simon Ong, Daly, Northern Territory)

The male has dark brown forewings, each with a yellow area near the base, a broken yellow band across the middle, and a patchy yellow submarginal arc. The hindwings of the male are yellow with a broad dark brown arc along the margin. The head and body are covered in dark brown scales, but the narrow tail tuft is yellowish..

female
(Photo: courtesy of Mark Heath, Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia)

The moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.

male
(Photo: courtesy of Mark Heath, Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia)

The species has been found in

Northern Territory.

---

Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera - Liparidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 45 (1921), p. 484. No. 21.

---

previous caterpillar

Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

next caterpillar

(written 13 November 2023, updated 17 May 2025)