Lophocalama neuritis Hampson, 1910
Veined Crestmoth
ACRONICTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
&
Stella Crossley


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

The adult moth of this species has or patchy grey or brown forewings, with pale veins. The hindwings are plain pale grey or brown. 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

  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.


    Further reading :

    George F. Hampson,
    Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
    Catalogue of the Noctuidae in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Volume 9 (1910), p. 266, No. 4654.

    Peter Marriott & Marilyn Hewish,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 9,
    Cutworms and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (C)
    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2020, pp. 8-9.


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    (written 13 May 2020, updated 11 December 2020)