(one synonym : Hyblaea contraria Walker, 1865) HYBLAEIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
The adult moths of this species have forewings that vary from pale to dark brown with a blue sheen, each with markings including a curved pale band across the centre and a less distinct off-white band across the wing-tip.
The forewing markings are variable, to the degree that they become degenerate blotches. The hindwings are dark brown with four yellow blotches. The adult moth has a wingspan of about 4 cms.
Underneath, the forewings are brown with two yellow marks on the costa of each forewing, and orange under each hindwing with a dark mark at the tornus.
The species occurs in south-east Asia, including:
and also in Australia in:
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 8.22, p. 337.
Achille Guenée,
Noctuélites,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 6 (1852), p. 391, No. 1251.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 97.
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(updated 21 July 2010, 1 February 2020)