| Cross-lined Crest (formerly known as Crypsiprora transversilinea) 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 have grey forewings crossed by dark looping lines. The hindwings are off-white with grey margins. The hindwing margins each have a rounded elbow. In its resting position, the moth can raise a crest of grey scales behind the head. The wingspan is up to 3 cms.
The species occurs in :
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,
Fragmenta lepidopterologica,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 53 (1941), pp. 77-78.
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(written 13 May 2019, updated 1 August 2021)