Eustrotia acroleuca Turner, 1945
ACONTIINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Eustrotia acroleuca
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moth has speckled brown forewings, sometimes with white spots. The moth has a wing span of about 3 cms.

The species has been found in Australia in

  • Queensland, and
  • northern New South Wales.

    The genus Eustrotia is inappropriate for this species, but a better one has yet to be found.


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New species of Lepidoptera from the Barnard collection. No. 3,
    Memoirs of the Queensland Museum,
    Volume 12 (1945), p. 163.


    previous
    back
    caterpillar
    Australian
    Australian Butterflies
    butterflies
    Australian
    home
    Lepidoptera
    Australian
    Australian Moths
    moths
    next
    next
    caterpillar

    (updated 22 November 2012, 7 November 2018, 11 August 2020)