Haplopseustis erythrias (Meyrick, 1902) (formerly known as Haplopseustis erythrias) ACONTIINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The adult moth of this species has brown forewings, each with a broad ragged dark band edged with orange. The hindwings are plain brown. The wingspan is about 2 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 :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1902, part 1, p. 34.

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 116.

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(updated 9 August 2011, 7 September 2019)