CATOCALINI, EREBINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian McMaster,
Mount Mellum, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species has brown forewings, each with various markings including one curved and one dog-legged pale transverse lines, a pale patch on the costa, and often including two pale spots: one roundish and one elongated, near the middle. The hindwings are brown, and each crossed by one rounded and one zigzag vague pale line. All four margins have a bulge. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The species has been found in :
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 57 (1933), p. 168.
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(written 1 May 2019, updated 15 September 2024)