Poliodule xanthodelta (Lower, 1897) (previously known as Scoliacma xanthodelta) LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Mark Hura, Swan Reach, South Australia)

The adult moths of this species have pale brown forewings, each with a variable vaguely triangular pale yellow area on the costa. The hindwings are pale yellow with broad pale brown margins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

South Australia.

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Further reading:

Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptions of new species of Australian Lepidoptera, with notes on synonymy,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 22, Part 1 (1897), pp. 10-11.

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(written 6 March 2019, 15 November 2022)