(formerly known as Xanthoptera univittata) ACONTIINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth has yellow forewings, each with an incomplete broad brown band across the middle, and a brown band along the margin. The hindwings are pale brown. The wingspan is about 2.2 cms.
This species has been found in Australia in
Further reading :
Arnold Pagenstecher,
Die Lepidopterenfauna des Bismarck-Archipels. (2). Die Nachtfalter,
Zoologica,
Volume 12, Part 29 (1900), pp. 80-81, No. 141.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 6 May 2019)