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

The adult moth has brown forewings with a white diagonal stripe on each one, and buff hindwings. This specimen was taken in Western 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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