| CALPINAE , NOCTUIDAE , NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@outlook.com) and Stella Crossley |
drawing by Arthur G. Butler,
Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 7 (1889), Gonopteridae, Plate CCCXXXI, fig 2,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library,
digitized by Gerstein Library, University of Toronto.
The adult moth of this species has rusty-brown forewings with a purplish sheen, each with a black-outline dark area near the middle of the wing, and several dark zigzag transverse lines. The hindwings are plain grey-brown. The thorax is a rusty-brown. The wingspan is about 4 cms.
The species has been found in south-east Asia, including
and including Australia in
Further reading :
Arthur G. Butler,
Gonopteridae,
Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 7 (1889), pp. 71-72, and also
Plate 131, fig. 2.
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(written 13 March 2017)