Crioa niphobleta Turner, 1929 CATOCALINI,   EREBINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

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

This adult moth has forewings that are white, with dark ragged bands. The hindwings are white, shading to brown at the margins. The wingspan is about 3 cms

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

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 53 (1929), pp. 301-302.

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(written 20 July 2012, updated 4 November 2024)