Hyposemansis asbolaea (Lower, 1903) (formerly known as Mecodina asbolaea) CALPINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth has brown forewings, each with a complex but subtle pattern. The hindwings each have a brown pattern with a pale zigzag submarginal arc. The hindwings have scalloped margins. The undersides have pale marginal areas delineated by zizag submarginal lines. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

The species occurs in

Queensland.

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

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Further reading :

Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptions of New Australian Noctuina, etc.,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 27 (1903), p. 42.

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(written 30 April 2019)