Halone servilis (Meyrick, 1886)
Grey Halone
(formerly known as Mosoda servilis)
LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moths of this species have grey forewings with a complex pattern. The hindwings are plain pale grey-brown. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.

Halone servilis
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria, Part 2, 2nd edition)

The species occurs in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.


    Further reading:

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

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera I,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 1, Part 3 (1886), p. 731, No. 61.


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    (updated 5 May 2013, 13 May 2018)