| (formerly known as Chusaris aroa) HYPENINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
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| (formerly known as Chusaris aroa) HYPENINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
The adult moth of this species has forewings each with a striking black and white pattern (sometimes dark brown and off-white). The hindwings are grey. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species occurs in
as well as in Australia in
This moth needs to be placed in a different genus.
Further reading :
George Thomas Bethune-Baker,
New Lepidoptera from British New Guinea,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 15 (1908), p. 238, No. 209.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 162.
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(written 17 May 2016, updated 13 October 2024)