Westermannia gloriosa (Hampson, 1912)
(also known as : Vestermannia superba Hubner, 1823)
 CHLOEPHORINAE ,   NOLIDAE

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

This species has adult moths with dark brown forewings each with a winding white band across the middle. The hindwings are off-white, with dark brown margins.

The species is found in

  • Indonesia,
  • New Guinea,
    and in Australia in
  • Queensland.

    Westermannia gloriosa
    male
    from Illustration 32 on Plate CLXXXIX of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
    (Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

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    (updated 9 August 2011)