Heliocheilus melibaphes (Hampson, 1903)
(previously known as: Melicleptria melibaphes)
HELIOTHINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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

(updated 16 October 2011)


from Illustration 17 on Plate LXXVIII of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The adult moth is plain golden-brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

This species has been taken in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

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