Metachrostis paurograpta Butler, 1886
 BOLETOBIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth of this species has speckled grey wings. The moth has a wing span of about 2 cms.

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

The species is found in Australia in

  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Arthur G. Butler,
    Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from the Australian region,
    Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
    1886, Part 4, pp. 403-404, No. 36.

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    (updated 15 August 2009, 7 November 2018, 8 September 2019)