| Gowned Moth ACONTIINAE, NOCTUIDAE | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Stella Crossley |
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
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| Gowned Moth ACONTIINAE, NOCTUIDAE | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Stella Crossley |
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
The adult moth of this species has white wings, each having vague brown bands and striking dark grey patches. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species is found in Australia in
Further reading :
Thomas P. Lucas,
On twenty new species of Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 7 (1892), p. 257.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 24-25, 28-29.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 116.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 2 January 2014, updated 24 December 2019)