| Black-on-black Armyworm HADENINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)
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| Black-on-black Armyworm HADENINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)
The adult moths of this species have brown wings each forewing having a pattern of dark chevrons and splotches. The hindwings are plain brown, shading darker toward the margins. The moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in
The genus into which this species should be placed is controversial.
Further reading :
Peter Marriott & Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria - Part 9,
Cutworms and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2020, pp. 26-27.
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 49 (1925), pp. 37-38.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 14 April 2013, updated 24 December 2020, 29 March 2021)