Heliocheilus abaccheutus Matthews, 1999 HELIOTHINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

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

The adult moth is pale brown, with vague pale broad streaks on each forewing, and a vague broad brown submarginal band on each hindwing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

This species has been taken in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Marcus Matthews,
Heliothine Moths of Australia:
A Guide to Pest Bollworms and Related Noctuid Groups,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1999, pp. 44-46, 150-151.

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(written 25 November 2018)