Dipterygina kebeae (Bethune-Baker, 1906) (one synonym : Dipterygina vebeae Hampson, 1908) ACRONICTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Hendry, Bloomsbury, Queensland)

The forewings of the adult moth each have a complex pattern of light and dark greyish brown, with an irregular pale streak along the hind-margin. The hindwings are white with broad dark brown margins, and with dark veins. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

Queensland,.

male, drawing by George Francis Hampson, listed as Dipterygia cebeae,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum,
Noctuidæ, Volume VII (1908), fig. 14,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University.

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Further reading :

George Thomas Bethune-Baker,
New Noctuidae from British New Guinea,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 13 (1906), p. 197, No. 14.

George Francis Hampson,
Catalogue of Noctuidae in the British Museum,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
Volume 7 (1908), pp. 64-65, No. 2800.

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(written 23 June 2025)