Westermannia concha Butler, 1886
(previously known as : Vestermannia concha)
CHLOEPHORINAE ,   NOLIDAE

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

Westermannia concha
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

This species has adult moths with cream coloured forewings with broad irregular dark brown margins, and fawn hindwings which darken toward the margins.

Westermannia concha
male
from Illustration 31 on Plate CLXXXIX of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The species is found in:

  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland, Australia.

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    (updated 9 August 2011)