Secretive Double-spot CALPINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Pete Bird,
Balldale, New South Wales)
The adult moths of this species have brown forewings, each with a pattern of zigzag lines. The hindwings are pale brown, with faint dark markings. The hindwing margins are slightly sinuous. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 30-31.
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 32 (1908), pp. 61-62.
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(written 10 May 2019, updated 11 September 2024)