Nygmia habrostola (Turner, 1902)
(one synonym : Euproctis pura)
LYMANTRIIDAE

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

(updated 7 October 2002)


(Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)

The adult moth is brown, with a lighter spot in the middle of the forewings, a darker body, and a paler tuft of hairs on the tip of the abdomen. It has a wingspan of about 4 cms.

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