Mythimna formosana (Butler, 1880)
 (one synonym : Sideridis conferta Warren, 1913)
HADENINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Mythimna formosana
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have forewings that are pale brown with a scattering of black dots.

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

The hindwings are brown fading to white at the base. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.

Mythimna formosana
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The species is found in :

  • Borneo,
  • India,
  • Malaysia,
  • Japan,

    as well as in Australia in

  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Mythimna formosana
    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

    Further reading

    Arthur G. Butler,
    For a second collection of Lepidoptera made in Formosa by H.E. Hobson, Esq.,
    Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London,
    1880, p. 675, No. 58.

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    (updated 1 December 2012, 24 May 2018, 18 April 2021)