Synemon theresa: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Castniidae
- Genus
- Synemon
- Species
- Synemon theresa
- Scientific Name
- Synemon theresa
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Synemon theresa
Synemon theresa, the cryptic sun-moth, is a species of day-flying moth of the family Castniidae. It was described by Edward Doubleday in 1846. It has a wingspan of 26-40mm, and is mostly grey-brown with orange hindwings. Native to Australia, this species is extinct in Victoria, and is now only known from a relatively small area of South Australia near Adelaide. It uses Themeda triandra (kangaroo grass) and Rytidopserma spp. (Wallaby Grasses) as larval food plants. Adults can be found from November to February. They only live for a few days, as they do not have a feeding proboscis. Despite becoming extinct over much of its former range, the cryptic sun-moth is not listed as a threatened species in South Australia.
...Synemon theresa in languages:
- English
- Cryptic Sun Moth
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Synemon angustiptera
- Synemon anthracica
- Synemon austera
- Synemon brontias
- Synemon cacumina
- Synemon catocaloides
- Synemon collecta
- Synemon crocea
- Synemon directa
- Synemon discalis
- Synemon gratiosa
- Synemon heliopis
- Synemon icaria
- Synemon ignita
- Synemon jcaria
- Synemon laeta
- Synemon leucospila
- Synemon magnifica
- Synemon maja
- Synemon nais
- Synemon notha
- Synemon nupta
- Synemon obscurella
- Synemon parthenoides
- Synemon petrophila
- Synemon phaeoptila
- Synemon plana
- Synemon selene
- Synemon semaphora
- Synemon sophia
- Synemon theresa
- Synemon victoriae
- Synemon wulwulam






























