CATOCALINI, EREBINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (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 are pale brown with a complex pattern of darker brown and black lines on the wings.
Each forewing also has a prominent elliptical pale centred dark spot near the middle of the margin. The moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in
Further reading :
Achille Guenée,
Polydesmidae, Noctuélites,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 6, Section 1 (1852), pp. 443-444, No. 1319.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 28 February 2020, updated 20 August 2021)