(formerly known as Niaccaba deleta) ACONTIINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth is pale brown, each wing with dark transverse wavy bands. The wings each often have dark patches near the base and/or the middle and/or the wingtip, and a dark spot near the middle. The hindwings often have a white streak from base to margin. All four wings have recurved wingtips. The head and thorax are white. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
This species has been found in
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Frederic Moore,
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon,
L. Reeve, London, Volume 3 (1886), p. 304, and also
Plate 179, fig. 13.
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(written 19 April 2019)