Erebus macfarlanei (Butler, 1876)
(one synonym:
Patula moriola Swinhoe, 1918)
CATOCALINAE ,
NOCTUIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
male
Illustration 1 in
Plate CCVI of Hampson's
Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of
Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)
The adult moths of this species have brown patterned wings,
with an eyespot on each forewing.
The species occurs in
Indonesia,
New Guinea, and
Solomons,
and in Australia in
Queensland.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 45.10, p. 455.
(updated 22 October 2011)
