![]() | (one synonym : Bryophila militata T.P. Lucas, 1898) ACRONICTINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks,
Townsville, Queensland)
The adult moth have white forewings with scattered black spots. The hindwings are white, each with a large dark brown area at the wingtip. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in:
Further reading :
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 121.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 34, Supplement 4 (1866), p. 1267.
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(written 1 November 2014, updated 7 September 2019, 30 August 2021)