Vizaga mirabilis (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
(previously known as : Parelydna mirabilis)
CHLOEPHORINAE ,
NOLIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
male
from
Illustration 15 on
Plate CLXXXIX of Hampson's
Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of
Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)
The colourful adult moth of this species has brown forewings,
each with a white bar, and dark blue hindwings.
The species has been found in New Guinea and Australia.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 22.9, p. 458.
(updated 8 August 2011)
