Alapadna pauropis Turner, 1902
 (one synonym: Hypenodes ptocas Turner, 1944)
CATOCALINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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

Alapadna pauropis
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, taken in in Merimbula, New South Wales)

The adult moth of this species has a variable pattern of dark lines and splotches on the forewings, and plain pale brown hindwings. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Alapadna pauropis
(Photo: courtesy of Joan Fearn, taken in in Moruya, New South Wales)

The species has been found in

  • Victoria,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Queensland.

    Further reading:

    Turner, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Volume 27 No.1 (1902), p. 106.

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    (updated 7 December 2011)