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- This page contains pictures and information about Wasp Moths of subfamily Ctenuchinae
that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- This moth
is trying very hard to convince us that it is a wasp.
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- The caterpillars in Ctenuchinae are usually covered with uniform dark
hairs. Most of them are active during the day. They pupate in cocoon made of
silk and their hairs.
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- Adults in Ctenuchinae are small to medium in size. Their abdomen are
usually banded with black and orange colours. This is the warning colours of
they are poisonous or distasteful if eaten. They are active during the day.
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We noticed that those species in this sub-family spend quite a long time in mating.
Most of their
pictures, from reference books or other web sites, show they are mating. This is not the case for other moth species.
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- Orange Spotted Tiger Moth 1
 - ? Eressa angustipenna, wingspan 30mm
- This moth is common in Brisbane bush. We can easily find them resting or
flying openly in the Eucalyptus forest. Its
wings are black with translucent yellow-orange spots. It has black and orange-yellow bands on its
body. There is the orange band between its black head and black hairy
thorax. Its forewings are long and a bit narrow. Its hind wings are
relatively small. More pictures and information please click here.
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- Orange Spotted Tiger Moth 2
 - Amata annulata, wingspan
30mm
- This moth has the black hairy throax, orange head with black eyes. Its
wings are black with translucent yellow-orange spots. It has black and orange-yellow bands on its
body. Please also visit this page for more information.
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- Orange Spotted Tiger Moth 3
 - Amata nigriceps ? Amata sp., wingspan
30mm
- This moth is common in Brisbane bush. We sometimes find them resting or
flying openly in the Eucalyptus forest. This moth has the orange hairs on
the forewings base. There is a orange triangle on the black thorax. The
orange spots on its wings are not translucent. More pictures and information please
visit this page.
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- Orange Spotted Tiger Moth 4
  - ? Amata sp., body length 20mm
- We find this mating couple in Karawatha Forest in late summer. We can also
find them near Stockyard Creek. This moth look similar to the Orange
Spotted Tiger Moths (above) except it has the orange-yellow patterns on its thorax.
We found this moth is quite common in Brisbane bush.
More information and pictures please visit this page.
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- Reference:
- 1. CTENUCHINAE
of Australia - Australian
Caterpillars by Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley,
2007.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, 1926,
p444 (Syntomidae).
- 3. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p910.
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