Audea irioleuca (Meyrick, 1897)
 (previously known as Thyas irioleuca)
CATOCALINI,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Audea irioleuca
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species is pale grey, with dark patches near the middle of the costa, and hind margin, on each forewing. The the hindwings and undersides are each white with a broad black marginal band. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

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

The species has been found in

  • New Guinea,
  • Philippines,

    and in Australia in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory and
  • Queensland.

    Audea irioleuca
    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of new Lepidoptera from Australia and New Zealand,
    Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
    1897, p. 373.

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    (written 22 July 2012, updated 15 July 2021)