Enispa niviceps (Turner, 1909)
(erroneously known as: Micraeschus niveiceps)
ACONTIINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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

Enispa niviceps
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville)

The adult moth of this species has pale brown speckled wings, with variavle markings, shading darker at the margins. The moth has a wing span of about 1 cm.

Enispa niviceps
Illustration 4 in Plate CL of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The species is found in

  • New South Wales, and
  • Queensland in Australia.

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    (updated 28 September 2011)