| (one synonym : Veia umbrosa Hampson, 1926) CALPINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
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| (one synonym : Veia umbrosa Hampson, 1926) CALPINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth of this species has patchy dark brown wings with a blue sheen, each with various markings including vague pale blobs and sinuous lines. The wingspan is about 4 cms.
The species has been found in :
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
George Francis Hampson,
Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae
of the subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae) in the British Museum (Natural History)
British Museum (Natural History), Department of Entomology, Lepidoptera,
London (1926), pp. 13-14.
Lionel Walter Rothschild,
Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions
in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea,
Macrolepidoptera,
Part 1. London : Hazell, Watson & Viney, 1915, p. 59, No. 307.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 29 May 2019, updated 20 August 2021)