Hobapromea cleta (Turner, 1940)
Scientific name: Hobapromea cleta
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Lichen moth (Arctiidae: Lithosiinae)
Image: David Britton
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Fast Facts
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Classification
- Genus
- Hobapromea
- Species
- cleta
- Subfamily
- Lithosiinae
- Family
- Arctiidae
- Super Family
- Noctuoidea
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Class
- Insecta
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Kingdom
- Animalia
Introduction
This species is known from only a handful of specimens in a few northern Queensland locations.
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
Feeding and diet
Larvae probably feed on lichen
