Maliattha amorpha (Butler, 1886)
Brown-bar Moth
 (one synonym : Eustrotia ochra Turner, 1945)
ACONTIINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Bart Hacobian & Stella Crossley

Maliattha amorpha

The adult moths of this species are buff coloured, with a forked brown band across each forewing containing a brown dot at the apex of the fork. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.

Maliattha amorpha
(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The specimens have been caught in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

    Maliattha amorpha
    (Photo: courtesy of Evan Harris, Ipswich, Queensland)

    Further reading :

    Arthur G. Butler,
    Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera-Heterocera from the Australian Region,
    Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
    1886, p. 399, No. 28.

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
    Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 28-29.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 117.

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    (updated 27 December 2009, 7 November 2018, 11 August 2020)