Leucania exarans (T.P. Lucas, 1894)
Two-streaked Armyworm
 HADENINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moths of this species have a forewing that is pale brown with variable pale and dark markings, such as spots and streaks. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

The moths are found in :

  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania.

    Leucania exarans
    (Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott & Marilyn Hewish, Moths of Victoria - Part 9)

    The genus to which this species is assigned is controversial.

    Further reading :

    Thomas P. Lucas,
    Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 8 (1894), p. 141.

    Peter Marriott & Marilyn Hewish,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 9,
    Cutworms and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (C)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2020, pp. 28-29.

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    (written 9 March 2021)