| (one synonym is Ozarba alopecodes Meyrick, 1902) CATOCALINI, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
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| (one synonym is Ozarba alopecodes Meyrick, 1902) CATOCALINI, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
This adult moth is brown, with some dark spots, and an indistinct broad darker band from middle to wingtip on each forewing. The hindwings are off-white, each shading to reddish brown at the wingtip, and dark brown at the tornus. The undersides are plain reddish brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms
The species is found in
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1902, pp. 35-36.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 4, Supplement 4 (1866), p. 1175.
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(written 20 July 2012, updated 28 April 2019, 18 July 2021)