Acyphas fulviceps (Walker, 1855) (previously known as Charnidas fulviceps) LYMANTRIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Jim Duggan , Sandford, Tasmania)

The adult moth has plain grey or brown forewings. The hindwings are like the forewings but paler. The wingspan of the moth is about 3 cms.

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

The species is found in :

Tasmania.

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Further reading :

Francis Walker,
Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 4 (1855), p. 797, No. 2.

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(written 4 March 2017)