Foveades aroensis Bethune-Baker, 1908
(one synonym: Anomophlebia furtiva Turner, 1908)
HYPENINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Foveades aroensis
(Photo: courtesy of Nick Lambert, Laurieton, New South Wales)

The adult moth of this species has pale brown forewings, each with variable dark markings, some forming broken curved transverse lines. The hindwings are each pale brown with variable vague dark markings. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species occurs in Australia in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.


    Further reading :

    George Thomas Bethune-Baker,
    New Lepidoptera from British New Guinea,
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 15 (1908), p. 239, No. 210.


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    (written 10 October 2024)