Fringed Noctuid (previously known as Gyroprora ochrias) ACRONICTINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The forewings of the adult moth each have a pattern of light and dark brown. The hindwings are pale brown darkening toward the margins, with dark veins. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The species occurs in Australia, including:
Further reading
Peter Marriott & Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria - Part 9,
Cutworms and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2020, pp. 18-19.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Annals of the Queensland Museum,
Volume 10 (1911), pp. 64-65.
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(written 3 January 2021)