Grammodes occulta Berio, 1956
 EREBINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Grammodes occulta
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has brown forewings, each with a dark triangle in the middle crossed and edged by white bands. The hindwings are brown, each with a blurred white transverse bar.

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

The moths have been found in:

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    E. Berio,
    Grammodes geometrica F. e le specie affini,
    Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana,
    Volume 86 (1956), p. 40.

    Peter Hendry,
    The genus Grammodes (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; EREBINAE),
    Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club, Metamorphosis Australia,
    Issue 62 (September 2011), pp. 19-21.

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    (written 15 October 2014, updated 13 August 2024)