Pachythrix smaragdistis (Hampson, 1908)
(one synonym : Euplexia smaragdina Bethune-Baker, 1906)
 AMPHIPYRINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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

Pachythrix smaragdistis
male, listed as Trachea smaragdistis
Illustration number 2, in Plate CXI of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The forewings of the adult moth each have a pattern of green, white, and black, including a white patch near the middle. The hindwings are brown, each sometimes with a vague submarginal pale band.

The species occurs in

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

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    (updated 27 October 2011)