Alophosoma emmelopis (Turner, 1929)
 (previously known as Crioa emmelopis)
Bicoloured Crest
CATOCALINI,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The caterpillars of this species feed on various Wattles ( MIMOSACEAE ) including

  • Sally Wattle ( Acacia melanoxylon ).


    (Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Blackheath, New South Wales)

    The adult moth is brown. The forewings have a complex pattern. The hindwings are dark brown at the margins, fading to pale brown at the bases. The moth has a wing span of about 4 cms.


    (Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

    The moth has an unusual natural posture: lying flat with a large crest erected over its head and thorax.

    The species has been found in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia,
    Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 45.3, p. 450.

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
    Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 16-17.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 53 (1929), p. 301.

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    (updated 5 August 2011, 20 August 2018, 18 August 2019)