Corgatha ancistrodes Turner, 1936 Extreme Hookwing BOLETOBIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan,Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has brown wings, each with vague dark spots and arcs, and a pale line from wingtip to the hind margin. The forewing margins are doubly recurved with a cusp. The wingspan is about 1.7 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria - Part 8)

The species has been found in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 26-27.

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 47 (1936), p. 35.

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(written 1 April 2015, updated 8 December 2025)