Hydrillodes metisalis (Walker, [1859])
 (formerly known as Bocana metisalis)
HERMINIINAE
EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moth has forewings in variable shades of brown, each with zig-zag transverse lines, and with a dark comma-shaped spot near the middle. The hindwings are pale brown, with dark brown line around the margin. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.


(Photo: courtesy of David Rentz, Kuranda, Queensland)

This species occurs in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland,and
  • northern New South Wales.

    The species in this genus are very similar, and are still the subject of review.


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

    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 162.

    Francis Walker,
    Deltoides,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 16 (1859), pp. 183-184, No. 20.

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    (written 20 October 2014, 15 November 2016, 24 August 2020)