Purplish Noctuid (formerly known as Agrotis hydraecioides) ACRONICTINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: Don Herbison-Evans, Manly, New South Wales)
This specimen was found on:
The forewings of the adult moth each have a brown pattern, including a central dark streak with a variable round white spot near the basal end and a pale kidney-shaped mark near the distal end.
The hindwings are pale brown shading to off-white at the bases, with dark veins. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
Specimens have been taken in
Further reading :
Achille Guenée,
Noctuidae,
in Boisduval & Guenée :
Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 5 (1852), p. 272, No. 438-A.
George Francis Hampson,
Catalogue of Noctuidae in the British Museum,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
Volume 8 (1909), pp. 395-396, No. 4062, and also
Plate 132, fig. 4.
Peter Marriott & Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria - Part 9,
Cutworms and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2020, pp. 20-21.
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(updated 9 August 2011, 20 November 2017, 22 August 2019, 24 December 2020)