(previously known as Sorocostia interspersa) LITHOSIINI, ARCTIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson,
Kuranda, Queensland)
The adult moths of this species are pale brown, with zig-zag bands and liness across each forewing, and fainter zig-zag bands across each hindwing. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.
The species is found in:
Further reading :
Thomas P. Lucas,
On Queensland and other Australian macro-lepidoptera, with localities, and descriptions of new species,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 4, Part 4 (1890), pp. 1076-1077.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 20.
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(written 1 December 2012, updated 2 May 2013, 17 July 2019, 26 August 2021)