Lactura haplochroa Turner, 1932 LACTURIDAE,   ZYGAENOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Simon Ong, Uralla, Northern Territory)

This adult moth has greyish brown forewings, each with variable vague orangish spots and streaks. The hindwings are pale orange. The head and thorax are white. The abdomen is orange. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

Northern Territory.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 56 (1932), p. 193.

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(written 26 December 2018, updated 10 February 2026)