Autoba rubra Hampson, 1902
 (previously known as Eublemma rubra)
ACONTIINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth of this species has pale brown wings. The forewings each have some sinuous white shading along the costa, and two black-edged transverse wavy lines. The hindwings each have similar but with fewer white markings. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Autoba rubra
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found across south-east Asia, including:

  • Hong Kong,
  • India,
  • Thailand,

    as well as in Australia in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    George F. Hampson,
    Fauna of British India, Series II, Part VI: Moths of India,
    Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society,
    Volume 14 (1902), p. 207, No. 2130g.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 113.

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    (updated 14 February 2010, 10 January 2023)