Arrade cristatum (Hampson, 1893) (previously known as Lophocraspedon cristatum) HYPENINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth has brown forewings, each with variable patchy markings. The hindwings are plain brown. The hind margins of the forewings each have two bites taken out of them.

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

In its natural posture: the moth displays tufts of scales from the middle of the hind-margins of the fore wings. The moth is also inclined to curve its abdomen up over the wings. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species was found in

New South Wales.

drawing by George F. Hampson, listed as Lophocraspedon cristatum,
The Macrolepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon,
Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the British Museum,
Part IX (1893), Plate CLXVIII, fig. 4,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

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Further reading :

George Francis Hampson,
The Macrolepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon,
Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the British Museum,
Volume 9 (1993), pp. 135-136, and also Plate 168, fig. 4.

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(written 5 April 2015, updated 14 August 2019, 6 April 2021)