Crioa aroa (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
 (previously known as Gadirtha aroa)
CATOCALINI,   EREBINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Crioa aroa
(Photo: courtesy of Dominic Funnell, Mission River, Queensland)

This adult moth is greyish-brown, with dark indistinct ragged bands on each forewing. The hindwings are plain brown, fading toward the bases. The wingspan is about 4 cms

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

The species has been found in

  • New Guinea,

    and also in Australia in

  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    George Thomas Bethune-Baker,
    New Noctuidae from British New Guinea,
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 15 (1908), p. 199.

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    (written 20 July 2012, updated 8 April 2025)