Panacela Syntropha
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''Panacela syntropha'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by
Alfred Jefferis Turner Alfred Jefferis Turner (3 October 1861, in Canton – 29 December 1947, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) was a pediatrician and noted amateur entomologist. He was the son of missionary Frederick Storrs-Turner. He introduced the use of dip ...
in 1922. It is found in
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
, where it has been recorded from Queensland. The wingspan is 26–28 mm for males and about 40 mm for females. The forewings are reddish grey (in males) to fuscous grey (in females) with an outwardly curved fuscous line from before the mid-costa to before the mid-dorsum. The postmedian and subterminal lines consist of minute fuscous dots on the veins. The hindwings are reddish grey.''Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales'' 47: 358


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Moths described in 1922 Panacelinae {{Bombycoidea-stub