Tamba conscripta (T.P. Lucas, 1892)
Variable Hookwing
 (formerly known as Zethes conscripta)
CALPINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has grey patterned wings, with a dark mark near the middle of the hind-margin of each forewing. The forewing margins have a wave shape. The wingspan is about 2 cms.


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

The species occurs in Australia in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
    Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 26-27.

    Thomas P. Lucas,
    On 34 new species of Australian Lepidoptera, with additional localities, &c.,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 8, Part 3 (1892), p. 88.

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    (written 21 September 2018, updated 9 May 2019, 18 August 2019)