Callopistria ferruginea

Callopistria ferruginea (Hampson, 1908)
(previously known as Eriopus ferruginea)
ACRONICTINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The forewings of the adult moth have are greyish brown, with sinuous lines across the forewings. The hindwings are plain brown, fading at the bases.

female, drawing by George Francis Hampson, listed as Eriopus ferruginea,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum,
Noctuidæ, Volume VII (1908), Plate CXX, fig. 31,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University.

The species occurs in :

Further reading :

George F. Hampson,
Catalogue of the Noctuidae in the Collection of the British Museum,
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum,
Volume 7 (1908), p. 540, No. 3405, and also Plate 120, fig. 31.

Australian
Australian Butterflies

Australian
Australian Moths

(updated 19 November 2011, 1 March 2019)