Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 24 April 2005)
The adult moths of this species are dark brown with each forewing having a scarlet inner margin and an orange diagonal band. Each hindwing has orange spots around the margin, and a another orange spot near the middle. The abdomen is a metallic green.
The species is found in north Queensland.
Further reading:
Wood, G.A.
Rediscovery of the moth Milionia aetheria Turner
(Lepidoptera:Geometridae),
Queensland Naturalist, Volume 29 (1988), pp. 1-2.
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