Sophta hapalopis Turner, 1925 Two-toned Hookwing (also known as Laspeyria hapalopis) CATOCALINI,   EREBINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Patrick Wake, South Yunderup, Western Australia)

The adult moth of this species has brown wings with each forewing having a kidney-shaped dark spot near the middle, and shaded zones with sinuous boundaries, and dark dashes around the margins. The hindwings are paler, with only two zones. The forewings have a hooked wing-tip and sinuous margins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

Western Australia.

The classification of this species in EREBINAE or ACONTIINAE is controversial.

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Further reading :

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 28-29.

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 49 (1925), p. 40.

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(written 29 May 2019, updated 18 May 2025)