Lactura picta (R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) (previously known as Mieza picta) LACTURIDAE,   ZYGAENOIDEA

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

male, drawing by Felder & Rogenhofer, listed as Mieza picta,
Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara,
Band 2, Abtheilung 2 (5) (1875), plate CXXXVIII, fig. 49,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

This adult moth has forewings which are black with bold yellow patches. The hindwings are a uniform scarlet.

The species has been found in

Cape York (Queensland).

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Further reading :

Rudolf Felder & Alois F. Rogenhofer,
Zoologisher Theil,
Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara,
Band 2, Abtheilung 2 (5) (1875), p. 14, and also Plate 138, Fig. 49.

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(written 4 June 2014)