Dipterygia babooni (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
(one synonym is :
Acronycta anceps Turner, 1944)
AMPHIPYRINAE ,
NOCTUIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
male
Illustration number 12, in
Plate CIX of Hampson's
Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of
Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)
The forewings of the adult moth each have
a complex pattern of light and dark greyish brown.
The hindwings are white with broad dark brown margins, and with dark veins.
The species occurs in :
New Guinea
as well as in Australia in
Queensland, and
New South Wales.
(updated 24 October 2011)
