Enispa daphoena (Hampson, 1910) (formerly known as Corgatha daphoena) ACONTIINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The adult moth of this species has off-white wings, with variable red and brown markings. The moth has a wingspan of about 1.8 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

New South Wales.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

male, drawing by George Francis Hampson, listed as Corgatha daphoena,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum,
Erastrianæ, Volume X (1910), Plate CLVIII, figure 4,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University.

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Further reading :

George Francis Hampson,
Catalogue of Noctuidae in the British Museum,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
Volume 10 (1910), p. 306, No. 5466. and also Plate 158, fig. 4.

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(written 30 January 2023)