| CATOCALINI, EREBINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female, listed as Amphipyra atronitens,
drawn and lithographed by Horace Knight,
printed by West, Newman & Co. for
George F. Hampson in
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum,
Noctuidæ, Volume VII (1908), Plate CVIII, figure 13,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library,
digitized by Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University.
The adult moths of this species have dark grey forewings, sometimes with dark streaks. The hindwings are off-white with dark veins. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Francis Walker,
Noctuidae,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 9 (1856), p. 141, No. 5.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(updated 22 October 2011, 12 October 2026)