Autoba pectorora (T.P. Lucas, 1895)
 (previously known as Thalpochares pectorora)
ACONTIINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Stella Crossley

Autoba pectorora
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has pale lavender-brown wings. The forewings each have a large irregular dark blotch near the margin. The hindwings each have a similar but much darker blotch. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Peter Hendry,
    Lepidoptera legacy of the summer that was 2010/11,
    Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club,
    Metamorphosis Australia,
    Issue 61 (June 2011), pp. 18-20,

    Thomas P. Lucas,
    Australian Lepidoptera : thirty new species,
    Transactions of the Natural History Society of Queensland,
    Volume 1 (1895), p. 109.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 112.

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    (updated 3 February 2010, 3 June 2017, 30 August 2021)