Alophosoma syngenes Turner, 1929
CATOCALINI,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species is a variable blotchy brown. The hindwings and underside are plain brown, fading toward the bases. The wingspan is about 4 cms.


(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The species has been found in

  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.


    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 53 (1929), p. 302.


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    (written 16 July 2012, updated 11 January 2013)