| 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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| CALPINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
These adult moths are brown, with forewings that each have dark serrated transverse lines, and two pale spots: one near the base, and one nearer the centre of the wing, plus two more pale spots on the costa. The hindwings are similar without the pale spots. The moths have wingspans up to 3.5 cms.
The species occurs in
and also 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. 445-446.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 13 May 2019)