Micrapatetis icela Turner, 1920
 (one synonym : Maliattha sexpartita Warren, 1913)
ACONTIINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moths of this species have off-white forewings, each with a broad black transverse band at the base extending along part of the costa, another across the centre, and another one along the margin. The hindwings are uniformly brown. The head is pale yellow. The thorax is dark brown, with two yellow spots at the front, and one at the back, The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of the Australian Noctuidae,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 44 (1920), p. 160.

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    (written 3 August 2025)