(one synonym : Achaea accelerans Walker, 1858) CALPINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Satish Nikam,
Konkan, India)
The adult moth has forewings that are brown with transverse arcs of chevrons. The hindwings are black with three blurred white marks along the margin, and an incomplete transverse white band. The moth has a wingspan of about 7 cms.
The species is found across Africa and Asia, including:
as well as in Australia, in:
Further reading :
Johan Christian Fabricius,
Historiae Natvralis Favtoribvs,
Systema Entomologiae,
1775, p. 604, No. 59.
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(written 29 March 2020, updated 10 August 2021, 18 June 2022)