(one synonym : Nishada louisiadensis Rothschild, 1913) LITHOSIINI, ARCTIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Dave Britton,
of the Australian Museum, and the
Australian National Insect Collection)
The adult moths of this species have pale brown forewings, each with a darker round smark near the middle. The hindwings are paler brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
On some Lepidoptera from New Guinea,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1889, p. 460, No. 11.
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(written 11 June 2017)