Philenora malthaca Turner, 1944
LITHOSIINAE ,   ARCTIIDAE ,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

Philenora malthaca
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Merimbula)

The moth of this species is patchy brown, with jagged dark lines across each forewing demarking light and dark areas. The hindwings are pale yellow at the bases shading through white to brown at the apices.

The species has been caught in :

  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

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    (updated 2 August 2011)