| (also known as Agamana plinthochroa) CALPINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Simon Ong, Durack, Western Australia)
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| (also known as Agamana plinthochroa) CALPINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Simon Ong, Durack, Western Australia)
The adult moths of this species have red or brown forewings with a dark pattern, each including two dark marks on the costa, and one near the tornus. The hindwings are plain red or brown. The wingspan is about 4 cms.
The species has been found in:
The genus Plecoptera is inappropriate for this species, but a replacement has yet to be found.
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), p. 272.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 12 May 2019, updated 26 April 2020)