Halone sejuncta (R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) Variable Halone (previously known as Pitane sejuncta) LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult male and female moths of this species look similar. They have dark brown forewings that each have two ragged white bands. The hindwings are pale yellow, with vague brown marginal and submarginal bands.

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 2)

The wingspan is about 1.5 cms. The undersides are similar to the upper surfaces.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 2)

The species has been found in :

South Australia.

male, lithograph by Felder & Rogenhofer, listed as Pitane sejuncta,
Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara,
Band 2, Abtheilung 2 (5) (1875), Plate CXL, fig. 24,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

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Further reading:

Rudolf Felder & Alois F. Rogenhofer,
Zoologischer Theil: Lepidoptera,
Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara,
Band 2, Abtheilung 2 (5) (1875), p. 16, and also Plate 140, fig. 24.

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 2,
Tiger Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 24-25.

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(updated 18 December 2010)