Eremochroa macropa (Lower, 1897)
(previously known as Praxis macropa)
AMPHIPYRINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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


male
Illustration number 11, in Plate CXXXI of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The wings of the adult moth each have a pattern of shades of brown, on each forewing. The hindwings are more uniformly brown, with dark veins and a darker margin.

The species occurs in :

  • New South Wales,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.


    Further Reading:

    Oswald B. Lower
    Descriptions of new species of Australian Lepidoptera, with notes on synonymy,
    Proceedings of The Linnean Society of New South Wales, Volume 22, pp. 10-32 (1897)


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    (updated 23 November 2011)