Mythimna cryptargyrea (Bethune-Baker, 1905)
(previously known as : Leucania cryptargyrea)
HADENINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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


male, listed as Cirphis cryptargyrea
Illustration 32 in Plate XCI, of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The forewings of this species are grey or brown with variable markings including a pale streak along the costa of each forewing. The hindwings are plain brown fading towards the bases, with dark veins.

The species is found in

  • New Guinea,
    as well as in Australia.

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    (updated 18 October 2011)