Luceria oculalis (Moore, 1877)
 (previously known as Rivula oculalis)
HYPENODINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth of this species has variable patchy brown forewings each with a small pale centred dark diamond shaped spot near the middle. The hindwings are plain pale brown. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found across south-east Asia and the south Pacific, including :

  • India,
  • Singapore,

    as well as in Australia in:

  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

    Luceria oculalis
    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

    Further reading :

    Frederic Moore,
    The lepidopterous fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
    Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London,
    1877, Part 3, p. 614.

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    (updated 15 December 2009, 7 September 2023)