Microstola ammoscia Lower, 1920
LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Microstola ammoscia
(Photo: courtesy of David Rentz, Kuranda, Queensland)

This a drab little moth is pale brown except for two dark spots on each forewing. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

Microstola ammoscia
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has also been caught in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading

    Oswald B. Lower,
    New Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 44 (1920), p. 68.


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    (updated 16 March 2011, 20 July 2019)