Ischyja neocherina (Butler, 1877)
(previously known as Potamophora neocherina)
CALPINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Neil Hewett & Stella Crossley

Ischyja neocherina
female
(Photo: courtesy of Cooper Creek Wilderness, Queensland)

The female adult moths of this species have brown forewings each with a complex pattern of pale markings near the base.

Ischyja neocherina
male
(Photo: courtesy of Jasper Taylor, Research Services, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland)

The males also have brown forewings, each with a dark transverse line and some blurry pale patches. Both sexes have hindwings that are white, each with a broad dark brown border. The wingspan is about 8 cms.

The moths are inclined to land on fruit, and insert their haustellum to suck the juice. The resulting skin penetration allows fungus spores in which spoil the fruit.

Ischyja neocherina
male
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Queensland)

The species occurs in Australia in

  • Queensland.

    Ischyja neocherina
    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Queensland)


    Further reading :

    Arthur G. Butler,
    Descriptions of three Lepidopterous insects from Queensland.,
    Entomologist's Monthly Magazine,
    Volume 14 (1877), p. 109.

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia,
    Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 45.6, p. 451.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 144.


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    (updated 4 May 2011, 10 April 2017, 7 September 2022)