![]() | (one synonym : Agrotis cygnea Common, 1958) NOCTUINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo : copyright of Uwe Path,
Alice Springs, Northern Territory)
The adults are brown, with two greyish streaks along each forewing, terminating in a triple arrow markings on each forewing margin. The hind wings are light brown with a darker border. At rest the moth holds its wings like a tent over its body. The moth has a wingspan of about 4 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading :
Oswald B. Lower,
The Lepidoptera of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Pt IV,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 42 (1918), pp. 233.
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(written 12 April 2014)