This attractive moth has a wingspan around 6cm with a dark subtle pattern including an eye spot on each forewing broken by a bold diagonal white line across each wing. Found over the north-east quarter of Australia and a new species for the Conservation Area with no common name. (Butler 1877.)
I.D. courtesy of Don Herbison-Evans further reference: http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/cato/lanipes.html
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