Tolpiodes oligolasia Hampson, 1926
CATOCALINI,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


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

The adult moth of this species has grey-brown patterned wings, with a black edged white mark near the middle and often two black marks on the costa of each forewing. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.


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

The species occurs in Australia in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.


    Further reading :

    George F. Hampson,
    Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae) in the British Museum (Natural History),
    London : British Museum (Natural History) (1900), pp. 195-196.


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    (written 21 September 2018, updated 20 August 2019)