Xenogenes gloriosa (T.P. Lucas, 1891)
 (one synonym : Fodina chrysomera Lower, 1903)
Glorious Owlet
CATOCALINI,   EREBINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Xenogenes gloriosa
(Photo: copyright of Uwe Path, Alice Springs, Northern Territory)

The adult moth of this species has forewings that are dark brown, with three pink-edged brown lines at angles across each forewing. The hindwings are yellow with a broad dark brown margin. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

Xenogenes gloriosa
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The species has been found in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • South Australia.

    Xenogenes gloriosa
    (Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, northern Western Australia)

    Further reading :

    Thomas P. Lucas,
    On Queensland and other Australian Lepidoptera, with Description of New Species,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 6, Part 2 (1891), pp. 304-305

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
    Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 20-21.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 158.

    Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
    A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, front cover.

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    (written 12 April 2014, updated 29 September 2025)