Oglasa prionosticha Turner, 1944 CALPINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings, each with a pattern of dark markings, including two large dark triangles on the costa. The hindwings are plain pale brown. The wings have slightly scalloped margins. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

showing undersides
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in:

Queensland.

The genus Oglasa is inappropriate for this species, and it needs to be moved to a new genus.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 68 (1944), p. 14.

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(written 12 May 2019)