(formerly known as Hulodes palumba) CATOCALINI, EREBINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
This adult moth has forewings which are brown, each with a dark submarginal band, and white marks on the costa. The hindwings are brown, with a dark submarginal band which has some white marks along it. The tips of the forewings appear truncated. The wingspan is about 4 cms
The species is found in south east Asia, including
and in Australia in
Further reading :
Achille Guenée,
Noctuélites III,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes; Spécies Général des Lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 7 (1852), p. 211, No. 1613.
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(written 20 July 2012, updated 4 November 2024)