Macaduma strongyla Turner, 1922 LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Nick Monaghan, Bunya, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have forewings that each have a pronounced angle on the costa. The forewings are a variable spotchy grey-brown. The hindwings are plain pale brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Nick Monaghan, Bunya, Queensland)

The species has been found in

New South Wales.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria,
Volume 35 (1922), p. 30.

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(updated 31 July 2011, 23 September 2025)