Ameleta panochra Turner, 1940
Scientific name: Ameleta panochra
Similar species:
Microstola ammoscia
Microstola ammoscia
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Lichen moth Ameleta panochra
Holotype, QLD: Kuranda Oct 1904 F.P. Dodd
Image: David Britton
© Australian Museum
© Australian Museum
Fast Facts
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Classification
- Genus
- Ameleta
- Species
- panochra
- Subfamily
- Lithosiinae
- Family
- Arctiidae
- Super Family
- Noctuoidea
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Class
- Insecta
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Kingdom
- Animalia
Introduction
This species is known from very few specimens in collections, but this may represent undercollection rather than real rarity.
Identification
Similar to many other grey and white species from other genera (especially females of some Lambula spp. and Microstola ammoscia), but the arrangement of the black spots around the cell of the forewing and the shape of the wings is diagnostic.
Distribution
Lake Eacham and Kuranda (QLD)
Feeding and diet
larvae probably feed on lichens
