Nodding Saltbush Moth (previously known as Orthosia horologa) NOCTUINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)
This moth has brown wings with a complex pattern including a kidney-shaped white spot on each forewing. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further reading :
Peter Marriott & Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria - Part 9,
Cutworms and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2020, pp. 30-31.
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of new Lepidoptera from Australia and New Zealand,
Transactions of The Entomological Society of London,
1897, p. 367.
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(updated 22 November 2011, 12 December 2016, 26 December 2020)