| (one synonym : Capnodes costiplaga Bethune-Baker, 1906) BOLETOBIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
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| (one synonym : Capnodes costiplaga Bethune-Baker, 1906) BOLETOBIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
The adult moth of this species has rusty brown wings with a scattering of pale blue markings, although these turn to pale brown in dead specimens. There are three prominent white spots along each forewing costa, and a pale sot at the wingtip of each forewing, and a pale spot at the tornus of each hindwing. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.
The species occurs in
and also in Australia in
Further reading :
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 151.
William Warren,
New moths from British New Guinea,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 10 (1903), p. 124, No. 10.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(updated 4 March 2011, 26 March 2016, 10 September 2022)