Heliocheilus mesoleuca (Lower, 1902)
(previously known as : Melicleptria mesoleuca)
HELIOTHINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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


from Illustration 14 on Plate LVII of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The adult moth has fore wings that are dark brown, with three radial light streaks on each one. The hind wings are buff with dark borders. This specimen was taken in New South Wales, 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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