Aucha triphaenoides (Walker, 1865)
(previously known as : Briarda triphaenoides)
AMPHIPYRINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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


female, listed as Aucha triphaenoides
Illustration number 7, in Plate CXXIII of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The forewings of the adult moth are greyish brown, with a variable pattern. The hindwings are brown with broad darker margins.

The species occurs in :

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland, and
  • > New South Wales.

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    (updated 19 November 2011)