Thalatha artificiosa Turner, 1936 ACRONICTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moth have white forewings with scattered black spots, especially around the margins. The hindwings are white, shading to brown at the margins. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The species has been found in Australia in:

Queensland.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 47 (1936), pp. 31-32.

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(written 4 December 2014)