Argyrolepidia fractus (Rothschild, 1899)
(sometimes known as Argyrolepidia fracta)
AGARISTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Argyrolepidia fractus
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are black, with white spots on the forewings. The abdomen and legs are banded in black and white.

Argyrolepidia fractus
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The species is found in

  • New Guinea,

    and in Australia in

  • Queensland.

    Argyrolepidia fractus
    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Barron Gorge, Queensland)


    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 122.

    Lionel Walter Rothschild,
    On some new Lepidoptera from the East,
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 6 (1899), pp. 432-433, No. 6.


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    (updated 14 February 2010, 29 February 2020)