Black Praxis (formerly known as Mamestra aterrima) CALPINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
These adult moths have dark grey forewings crossed by dark broken wavy lines, and with a few variable small white spots. The hindwings are paler with a similar but muted pattern. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.
The species occurs in :
Further reading :
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 14-15.
Francis Walker,
Noctuidae,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 9 (1856), p. 238, No. 37.
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(written 13 May 2019, updated 27 June 2020)