Epicoma argentosa (T.P. Lucas, 1890) (previously known as Teara argentosa) THAUMETOPOEINAE,   NOTODONTIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

male
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richarson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth has wings that are off-white, each with a submarginal row of whiter spots. The forewings each have a vague brown line along the costa, and the males often have a variable pale brown medial arc. The hindwings are pale yellow. All four wings may have a variable pale brown spot near the middle. The abdomen is yellow. The male has very feathery antennae.

male
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The wingspan of the male is about 4 cms. The wingspan of the female is about 4.5 cms. The female has slightly feathery antennae, and no brown medial arc on the forewings.

female
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Kununurra, Western Australia)

This species has been found in :

Queensland.

male, underside
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

female, underside
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Kununurra, Western Australia)

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Further reading :

Thomas P. Lucas,
On Queensland and other Australian macro-lepidoptera, with localities, and descriptions of new species,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 4, Part 4 (1890), pp. 1089-1090.

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(updated 11 November 2012, 26 June 2022)