BOLETOBIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks,
Townsville, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species has forewings with brown blobs on a white background. In its natural posture, there is a tuft of raised scales behind the thorax. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species is found in Australia in
This species needs to be assigned to a new genus.
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), p. 116.
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(written 1 November 2014, updated 4 June 2023)