Dasygaster epundoides Guenée, 1852
(one synonym is Dasygaster punctivena Walker, 1856)
HADENINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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


Female
Illustration 15 in Plate XCI, of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The adult moths of this species have dark brown forewings each with a small white comma near the middle. The hindwings are pale brown shading darker towards the margins.

This species occurs in

  • Tasmania, and
  • New South Wales.

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    (updated 18 October 2011)