(one synonym: Hypsa aequalis Walker, 1864) AGANAINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Simon Ong,
Douglas-Daly, Northern Territory)
This moth has brown forewings, each with two white patches, and a yellow area around the base containing black dots. The hindwings are plain yellow. The wingspan is about 5 cms.
The species is found in Australiasia, including
and in Australia including
Further reading :
Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Dechauffour de Boisduval,
Faune Entomologique de L'Ocean Pacifique,
Voyage de Decouvertes de la Corvette l'Astrolabe,
Division 7, Volume 1 (1832), p. 252, and also
Plate 5, fig. 2.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 31 (1864), pp. 214-215.
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(updated 22 April 2013, 3 March 2015, 20 November 2021)