Diatenes aglossoides (Guenée, 1852)
 (one synonym : Setida quadrisignata Walker, 1858)
CALPINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
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Diatenes aglossoides
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The pupae of this species have been found in the borer holes of beetle larvae and under loose bark on :

  • Wattles ( Acacia, MIMOSACEAE ).

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

    The adult moths are brown with a complex pattern on the wings. The moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.

    The species occurs over most of Australia, including

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

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia,
    Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 47.2, p. 452.

    Achille Guenée,
    Noctuélites,
    in Boisduval & Guenée:
    Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
    Volume 9, Part 6, Section 1 (1852), p. 443, No. 1318.

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
    Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 14-15.

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    (updated 13 April 2013, 17 September 2013, 18 August 2019, 11 November 2020)