Acontia clerana (Lower, 1902)
White Shoulder
 (previously known as Tarache clerana)
BOLETOBIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Acontia clerana
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has off-white forewings, with dark brown markings in the marginal halves. The hindwings are brown, fading somewhat toward the bases. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

Acontia clerana
male, drawing by George Francis Hampson, listed as Tarache clerana,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum,
Noctuidæ, Volume X (1910), Plate CLXXII, figure 8,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University.

The species has been found in Australia in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory and
  • South Australia.

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

    Further reading

    Oswald B. Lower,
    New Species of Australian Lepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 26 (1902), p. 658.

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
    Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 24-25, 28-29.

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    (updated 23 April 2012, 26 August 2023)