Orthozancla rhythmotypa Turner, 1933 CATOCALINI,   EREBINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans ( 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.

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

The species has been found in :

Queensland.

showing undersides
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

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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)