Anomis lyona (Swinhoe, 1919)
(previously known as : Cosmophila lyona)
 CATOCALINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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


(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The adult moth of this species is pale brown, with a number of darker submarginal lines and a dark-edged pale spot in the middle of each forewing. The forewing margins have a well developed cusp at the midway point.

The species is superficially similar to Anomis flava but differs in the males having shorter bipectinations on the antennae, and in the genitalia.

The species has been found in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia and the West Pacific, including

  • Samoa,
    as well as in Australia in
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Norfolk Island.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 449.

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    (updated 2 October 2011)