Lacistophanes hackeri Turner, 1947 ACONTIINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMaster, Mount Mellum, Queensland)

In its natural resting position, with its wings folded, this moth looks like a wood chip with feet.

The moth actually has pale brown forewings, each with a swirly pattern of including dark edges to the margins. The hindwings are plain pale brown. The forewing margins have an extra cusp, and all the wing margins are slightly scalloped. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

This species has been found in Australia in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian species of Boarmiadae (Lepidoptera),
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 58 (1947), pp. 111-112, No. 100.

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(written 7 May 2019, updated 27 August 2020, 13 September 2022)