Neurochyta agrapta (Turner, 1936) (previously known as Digglesia diamphidia) LASIOCAMPINAE,   LASIOCAMPIDAE,   BOMBYCOIDEA

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

male
(Photo: courtesy of Doug Evans, Tanami, Northern Territory)

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings each shading to rusty brown at the margin. The hindwings are rusty brown, each shading to pale yellow along the costa.

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

The species has been found in Australia in:

Queensland.

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

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 47 (1936), p. 47.

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(written 14 April 2020, updated 9 March 2026)