1. Falter

1: ♂, Australia, Queensland, n/w Innisfail, Biggs Road, Golden Hole, 80 m, 20. April 2009 lux; (det. & phot.: Egbert Friedrich)

2: Indonesien, Bali, Ubud, 24. März 2019 (det. & fot.: Kersten Krause)

2. Diagnosis

1-6: two ♂♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

1-6: two ♀♀, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

2.1. Original description

1: Fabricius (1775: 574) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Bombyx lutea Fabricius, 1775 [Original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Artaxa chrysophila Walker, 1865 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Porthesia iobrota Meyrick, [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Literature

• Original description: Fabricius, J. C. (1775): Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. 1-832. Flensburgi et Lipsiae (Officina Libraria Kortii).

3.4. Information at other websites (external links)

• [BOLD]
• [Butterfly House]