Cacyparis melanolitha Turner, 1909
(one synonym: Cacyparis rectilineata Warren, 1916)
CHLOEPHORINAE,   NOLIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA,  
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Cacyparis melanolitha
male
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The adult moths of this species have variable blotchy brown forewings, with an eyespot near each wingtip, and a black mark midway along the hind margin. The hindwings are yellow, often with a dark mark margin. The wingspan 2.5 cms.

Cacyparis melanolitha
female
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The species is found in

  • Queensland.

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


    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 168.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Lepidoptera belonging to the family Noctuidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 34 (1909), pp. 344-345.


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    (updated 19 September 2012, 21 July 2015)