Xanthodes emboloscia (Turner, 1902) (previously known as Acontia emboloscia) BAGISARINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA,

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

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have forewings that are yellow, each with a brown triangle extending from the base to the margin. The hindwings are plain yellow. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.

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

This species is found in Australia in

Queensland.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New genera and species of Lepidoptera belonging to the family Noctuidae.,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 27 (1902), pp. 94-95.

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(written 8 August 2011, updated 2 December 2024)