| Reddish Saltbush Moth (also known as Agrotis subrufescens) NOCTUINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Merimbula, New South Wales)
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| Reddish Saltbush Moth (also known as Agrotis subrufescens) NOCTUINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Merimbula, New South Wales)
This moth has brown patterned forewings with dark-bordered white markings. The hindwings are white shading to brown at the margins. The moth has a wingspan of 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.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 32, Supplement part 2 (1865), p. 705.
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(updated 15 April 2013, 26 December 2020)