''Spirama recessa'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of the family Erebidae. It is found in

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

and tropical northern Australia. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ...

is about 50 mm. The pattern on the wings looks like the face of a snake with slightly opened mouth.

Gallery

Image:Speiredonia revolvens male.JPG, ''Spirama recessa'' male Image:Speiredonia revolvens female.JPG, ''Spirama recessa'' female

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Australian Caterpillars
Moths described in 1858 Spirama {{Erebinae-stub