Pinara metaphaea

Pinara metaphaea
Pinara metaphaea
Female
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lasiocampidae
Genus: Pinara
Species: P. metaphaea
Binomial name
Pinara metaphaea
(Walker, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lebeda metaphaea Walker, 1862
  • Opsirhina metaphaea Walker, 1865
  • Entometa adusta Walker, 1869
  • Lebeda metaphora; Conte, 1908
  • Pinara obscura Conte, 1908

Pinara metaphaea is a species of moth of the Lasiocampidae family. It is known from south-east Australia, including New South Wales and Victoria.

Eggs

The wingspan is about 40 mm for males and about 60 mm for females. Males have brown forewings shading darker at the bases, and dark brown hindwings with broad orange margins. Females have pale grey or brown forewings, each with a submarginal arc of dark dots. The hindwings are darker with broad white margins.[2]

The larvae feed on the foliage of Eucalyptus species.

References

  1. ^ Australian Faunal Directory
  2. ^ Australian Insects
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