Rhynchodontodes chalcias (T.P. Lucas, 1895)
(previously known as : Hypaena chalcias)
HYPENINAENOCTUIDAE

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

(updated 26 July 2008)


(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The adult moth has pale brown forewings with darker streaks across them. In its natural posture: it projects its labial palps ahead of its body.

The species is found in

  • New South Wales, and
  • Queensland.

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