Homodes crocea Guenée, 1852 CATOCALINI,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Dominic Funnell, Yorkeys Knob, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are orange, with several submarginal arcs of darker spots and scalloped lines. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

male, drawing by Achille Guenée, from Noctuélites II,
in Boisduval & Guenée: Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 6 (1852), Plate 11, fig. 2,
Image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

The species has been found across south-east Asia, including in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Achille Guenée,
Noctuélites II,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 6 (1852), p. 280, No. 1083, and also Plate 11, fig. 2.

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(written 5 August 2015, updated 26 July 2021)