Red-brown Noctuid (formerly : Diniprora nyctereutica) ACRONICTINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
The forewings of this adult moth are rusty brown, each with some vague dark markings. The hindwings are off-white shading to pale brown at the margins. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species occurs in Australia in
Further reading :
Peter Marriott & Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria - Part 9,
Cutworms and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2020, pp. 14-15.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Fragmenta lepidopterologica,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 53 (1941), pp. 74-75.
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(written 11 April 2021)