Pernattia brevipennis Walker, 1865)
(one synonym is : Bombyx figurata Lucas, 1901)
GASTROPACHINAELASIOCAMPIDAE

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

(updated 11 June 2008)


(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The adult moth of this species has a bold brown and white lattice pattern on the forewings, and plain white hindwings. It has a wingspan of about 4 cms.

It is found in Queensland


Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 389.


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