Enispa phaeopa Turner, 1945
ACONTIINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Enispa phaeopa
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The adult moth of this species has brown wings each with a narrow dark brown margin and costa. The forewings each have an irregular dark mark near the middle of the costa.

The species has been found in Australia in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 114.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New species of Lepidoptera from the Barnard collection: No. 3,
    Memoirs of the Queensland Museum,
    Volume 12, Part 3 (1945), p. 156.


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    (written 14 December 2012, updated 15 September 2025)