Amyna auriculata (Turner, 1903) (formerly known as Polydesma auriculata) ACONTIINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

This adult moth has forewings that have complex light and dark brown patterns. The hindwings are plain brown with a faint pale submarginal line. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in Australia in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera, with synonymic and other notes: Noctuidae,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 27 (1903), pp. 9-10.

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(written 19 June 2023)