Thalatha chionobola (Turner, 1941)
(formerly known as Macroprora chionobola)
ACRONICTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth have dark brown forewings with scattered white markings. The hindwings are pale brown. The undersides are plain brown. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in:

  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New species of Lepidoptera from the Barnard collection,
    Memoirs of the Queensland Museum,
    Volume 12, Part 1 (1941), p. 48.


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    (written 4 December 2014, updated 30 August 2021)