composite image
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The adult moth has rusty brown forewings, each with a number of thin sinuous pale lines across, and variable white marks, including a pair which form the fragmented digits '80'. The hindwings are plain brown. The moth has a wing span of about 2 cms.

The species has been found in the tropics, including

and also in Australia in

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Daniel H. Janzen)

Specimens of this species are often misidentified as Amyna axis or Amyna natalis or Amyna stricta.

Further reading :

Achille Guenée,
Noctuélites,
in Boisduval & Guenée: Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 5, Section 1 (1852), p. 407, No. 378b.

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(updated 22 November 2012, 3 July 2019, 15 January 2021)