Ercheia kebea Bethune-Baker, 1906
(one synonym is: Melipotis nigristriata Warren, 1914)
 CATOCALINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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

Ercheia kebea
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The adult moth of this species has variable patchy brown forewings. The hindwing each have a brown basal half, and a grey marginal half, with a vague white band between the halves.

The species is been found in south-east Asia, including

  • Indonesia,
  • Thailand,
    and also in Australia in
  • Queensland.

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    (updated 8 October 2011)