Macaldenia palumba (Guenée, 1852) (formerly known as Hulodes palumba) CATOCALINI,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (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

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

The species is found in south east Asia, including

Queensland.

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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 19 August 2019)