Radinocera maculosus (Rothschild, 1896)
(one synonym: Cruria placodes Lower, 1903)
AGARISTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Radinocera maculosus
(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Collection, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney)

The adult moth of this species is dark brown, with white spots of various sizes on the wings. The moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.

Radinocera maculosus
underside
(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Collection, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney)

The species has been found in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Tasmania.


    Further reading :

    Wesley Jenkinson,
    Moths photographed at Obum Obum,
    Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club,
    Metamorphosis Australia,
    Issue 73 (June 2014), p. 31.

    Lionel Walter Rothschild,
    New Lepidoptera,
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 3, Part 3 (1896), pp. 95-96, No. 9.


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    (updated 14 December 2000, 5 July 2024)