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Species Anthela guenei (Newman, 1856), whose common name is Four-spot Anthelid Moth, although Atlas of Living Australia has the common name as Eight-Spot Anthelid. When the moth is in a rest position with the fore-wings folded back on top of the hind-wings, it appears to have “four spots”. When the hind-wings are revealed, another set of four spots are revealed, making a total of “eight spots” on the moth. Hence the other common name of Eight-Spot Anthelid.
The male of the species have a wingspan of approximately 3.5 cm, whilts the female moth have a wingspan of about 4.5 cm.
Anthela guenei was previously known as Teara guenei.
The underside of Anthela guenei. You can see a chuck has been taken out of the underside hind-wing.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Unranked: Ditrysia
- Superfamily: Bombycoidea
- Family: Anthelidae
- Subfamily: Anthelinae
- Genus: Anthela
- Species: Anthela guenei
Footnote & References
- Anthela guenei, Flickr © Marc Newman
- Anthela guenei, Flickr © Michael Jefferies,
- Anthela guenei (Newman, 1856), Eight-Spot Anthelid, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Anthela guenei
- Anthela guenei (Newman, 1856), Australian Moths Online, CSIRO, https://moths.csiro.au/species_taxonomy/anthela-guenei/
- Anthela guenei (Newman, 1856), Four-Spot Anthelid, Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths, https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/anth/guenei.html
- Anthela guenei (Newman, 1856), Lepidoptera, https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Anthela_guenei_En
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