Prionopterina grammatistis (Meyrick, 1897)
(previously known as Pronophora grammatistis)
Pale Snout
HYPENINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Prionopterina grammatistis
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moth is pale brown with several indistinct dark lines along each forewing. The hindwings are pale brown, darkening toward the margins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.


    Further reading:

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
    Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B)
    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 8-9.

    Edward Meyrick,
    New Lepidoptera From Australia and New Zealand,
    Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
    1897, Part 4, p. 374.


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    (written 2 December 2012, updated 17 August 2019, 6 April 2021)