Micrapatetis leucozona (Turner, 1902)
 (one synonym : Maliattha sexpartita Warren, 1913)
ACONTIINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
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Micrapatetis leucozona
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are off-white with broad black transverse bands at the base, centre, and margin of each forewing. The hindwings are uniformly brown. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found all over the northern half of Australia, including:

  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland, and
  • Victoria.

    Micrapatetis leucozona
    female, drawing by George Francis Hampson    ,
    Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum,
    Noctuidæ, Volume IX (1910), Plate CXLVI, fig. 19,
    image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia,
    Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 49.10, p. 462.

    George Francis Hampson,
    Catalogue of Noctuidae in the British Museum,
    Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
    Volume 9 (1910), pp. 452-453, No. 4928, and also Plate 146, fig. 19.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Genera and Species of Lepidoptera belonging to the Family Noctuidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 27 No.1 (1902), p. 121.

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    (updated 9 August 2011, 29 December 2025)