Animal Species:Hobapromea cleta (Turner, 1940)
This species is known from only a handful of specimens in a few northern Queensland locations.
Lithosiinae Hobapromea cleta male
D. Britton
© Australian Museum
Identification
Small white moths with rounded wings. This and an undescribed species have a pair of broad brown stripes in the fore wing, with the latter species having a purple highlight in the brown.
Distribution
Northern Queensland
Distribution by collection data
Biomaps map of Hobapromea cleta specimens from the Australian Museum database
Feeding and Diet
Larvae probably feed on lichen
Classification
- Species:
- cleta
- Genus:
- Hobapromea
- Subfamily:
- Lithosiinae
- Family:
- Arctiidae
- Superfamily:
- Noctuoidea
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Class:
- Insecta
- Phylum:
- Arthropoda
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
Dr
Dave Britton
, Collection Manager, Entomology
Last Updated:
Tags lichen moth, Lithosiinae,
