Data pratti (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
(previously known as : Lasiosceles pratti)
 AMPHIPYRINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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


male, listed as Data pratti
Illustration number 26, in Plate CXX of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The forewings of the adult moth have a complex pattern of white lines and shades of greyish brown. The hindwings have brown margins with dark veins.

The species occurs in :

  • New Guinea
    as well as in Australia in
  • Queensland.

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    (updated 24 October 2011)