Synemon sophia
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Synemon sophia is a moth
in the Castniidae
family. It is found in Australia
, including Western Australia
, Victoria
and South Australia
.
The anterior wings of the male are brown, clouded with grey and fuscous-brown. There is a dark cloud near the base and another at the end of the discoidal cell followed by a white dot. The posterior wings are black, the base with an oval yellow spot, a macular yellow band beyond the middle, followed by a series of yellow spots. The head is greyish and the antennae are black varied with white. The thorax is grey and the abdomen is black at the base, but whitish beyond. The anterior wings of the female are nearly black, clouded with light bluish grey scales, on the margin arranged into a band divided by a series of black spots. The posterior wings are black, with a large orange spot near the base, followed by a broad abbreviated, transverse band, commencing on the abdominal margin and succeeded by a large rounded spot of the same colour; between these and the outer margin a series of three or four orange spots. The head is dark grey, the palpi nearly white and the antennae black, ringed with white. The abdomen is pale fulvous.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the Castniidae
Castniidae
Castniidae, or castniid moths, is a small family of moths with less than 200 species: The majority are Neotropical with some in Australia and a few in south-east Asia. These are medium-sized to very large moths, usually with drab, cryptically-marked forewings and brightly coloured hindwings. They...
family. It is found in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, including Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
and South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
.
The anterior wings of the male are brown, clouded with grey and fuscous-brown. There is a dark cloud near the base and another at the end of the discoidal cell followed by a white dot. The posterior wings are black, the base with an oval yellow spot, a macular yellow band beyond the middle, followed by a series of yellow spots. The head is greyish and the antennae are black varied with white. The thorax is grey and the abdomen is black at the base, but whitish beyond. The anterior wings of the female are nearly black, clouded with light bluish grey scales, on the margin arranged into a band divided by a series of black spots. The posterior wings are black, with a large orange spot near the base, followed by a broad abbreviated, transverse band, commencing on the abdominal margin and succeeded by a large rounded spot of the same colour; between these and the outer margin a series of three or four orange spots. The head is dark grey, the palpi nearly white and the antennae black, ringed with white. The abdomen is pale fulvous.