| Encrusted Hookwing BOLETOBIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Cathy Powers, Brisbane Ranges, Victoria)
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| Encrusted Hookwing BOLETOBIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Cathy Powers, Brisbane Ranges, Victoria)
The adult moth of this species has yellow wings with with various markings including a big black mark halfway along the costa of each forewing, and orange and brown patches on the hindwings. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 24-25, 26-27.
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 47 (1936), p. 35.
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(written 3 January 2017, updated 5 February 2021)