Amyna spilonota (Lower, 1903)
 (one synonym is Eustrotia eremotropha Turner, 1932)
ACONTIINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Stella Crossley

Amyna spilonota
(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Birdum, Northern Territory>

The adult moth of this species has off-white wings each with irregular arcs of brown marks. The hindwings are off-white shading to brown at the margins. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

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

    The genus to which this species should be assigned is in doubt.

    Further reading :

    Oswald B. Lower,
    Descriptions of New Australian Noctuina, etc.,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 27 (1903), pp. 34-35.

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    (written 22 August 2022)