| Suffused Crestmoth (previously known as Calamia suffusa) 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 are streaky brown, each with a substantial pale streak from base to mid-margin. The hindwings are brown fading to off-white at the bases. The forewing wingtips are slightly recurved. The wingspan is about 4 cms.
The species occurs Australia in
Further reading :
Thomas P. Lucas,
Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera, with additional localities for known species,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 8 (1894), pp. 142-143.
Peter Marriott & Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria - Part 9,
Cutworms and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2020, pp. 8-9.
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(written 7 June 2019, updated 11 December 2020)