Heliocheilus aberrans (Butler, 1886)
(previously known as : Melicleptria aberrans)
HELIOTHINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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


from Illustration 22 on Plate LVII of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The adult moth is brown with dark markings each fore wing, and a dark border containing a light patch on each hind wing. This specimen was taken in Queensland, Australia.


Further reading :

Marcus Matthews,
Heliothine Moths of Australia: A Guide to Pest Bollworms and Related Noctuid Groups, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1999.


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(updated 7 August 2011)