Aedia sericea (Butler, 1882)
 (previously known as Anophia sericea)
ACRONICTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Dominic Funnell, Shannonvale, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has dark brown forewings each usually with two black patches. Each hindwing is black with a white basal area, white tornus and termen. The wigspan is about 3.5 cms.


(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species is found on islands in the South Pacific, for example :

  • Duke of York Island, New Guinea,

    and also in Australia in

  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.


    Kiribati, 1994

    Further reading :

    Arthur G. Butler,
    Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Duke-of-York Island and new Britain,
    The Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
    Series 5, Volume 10 (1882), p. 230, No. 53.

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    (updated 28 May 2009, 21 January 2023)