(formerly known as Aedia melas) ACRONICTINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The forewings of the adult moth each have a complex brown pattern, including a complex pale patch near the middle, and a rusty-reddish area nearer the wing-tip. The hindwings are off-white with broad dark margins. The wingspan is about 4 cms.
The species has been found in
as well as in Australia in:
Further reading :
George Thomas Bethune-Baker,
New Noctuidae from British New Guinea,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 13 (1906), p. 254, No. 196.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 25 July 2022)