Crypsiprora orthogramma (Turner, 1936)
 (previously known as Prorocopis orthogramma)
Inscribed Crest
CALPINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Crypsiprora orthogramma
(Photo: copyright of Uwe Path, Alice Springs, Northern Territory)

The adult moth of this species is grey, with a complex pattern of dark lines on each forewing. The hindwings are white with a black marginal band. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

Crypsiprora orthogramma
(Photo: copyright of Uwe Path, Alice Springs, Northern Territory)

The species has been found in

  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • South Australia.

    Further reading :

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
    Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 16-17.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Lepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 47 (1936), p. 41.

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    (written 15 October 2013, updated 9 August 2021)