Autoba sphragidota (Turner, 1902) (formerly known as Eublemma sphragidota ACONTIINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Rog Standen, Broome, Western Australia)

The adult moth is pale brown, with dark wavy lines across each forewing, including a prominent dark spot near the middle. The hindwings shade darker towards the margins. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

male, drawing by George Francis Hampson, listed as Eublemma sphragidota,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum,
Noctuidæ, Volume X (1910), Plate CLIII, fig. 18,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University.

This species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New genera and species of Lepidoptera belonging to the family Noctuidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 27 (1902), pp. 116-117.

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(updated 27 September 2011, 11 September 2022)