Lichen moth, 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. This grey-and-white moth resembles females of some other species. Its wing shape and the arrangement of black spots around the forewing cell distinguish it from these similar species.
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
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.
Habitat
Distribution
Lake Eacham and Kuranda (QLD)
This map shows species occurrence observations from data recorded in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Feeding and diet
Larvae probably feed on lichens
