| Stippled Noctuid (formerly known as Caradrina crypsicharis) ACRONICTINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Andrew Mitchell,
Australian Museum)
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| Stippled Noctuid (formerly known as Caradrina crypsicharis) ACRONICTINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Andrew Mitchell,
Australian Museum)
The adult moth of this species has variable brown forewings each with a pale marginal area bounded by a dark wavy serrated submarginal line, and other variable dark marks, including an irregular dark spot in the middle. The hindwings are off-white shading to pale brown at the wing-tips. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 26 (1901), p. 654-655.
Peter Marriott & Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria - Part 9,
Cutworms and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2020, pp. 14-15.
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(written 5 January 2021)