Grammodes pulcherrima T.P. Lucas, 1892
(one synonym : Prodotis clementi)
CATOCALINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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


(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

This adult moth is brown with diagonal white stripes, and each forewing has an eyespot at the tornus.


(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The species occurs across the whole of the northern half of Australia, including:

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 21.5, p. 453.


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    (updated 27 February 2011)