Data aroa (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
(previously known as :
Thyria aroa)
AMPHIPYRINAE ,
NOCTUIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
female, listed as Data aroa
Illustration number 27, in
Plate CXX of Hampson's
Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of
Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)
The forewings of the adult moth have
a complex pattern of greyish brown with white marks near the apex,
and green marks near the middle.
The hindwings are orange.
The abdomen is orange with a tapering dark dorsal mark.
The species occurs in :
New Guinea
as well as in Australia in
Queensland.
(updated 24 October 2011)
