| Earthenware Tuft-moth (formerly known as Celama ceramota) NOLINAE, NOLIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Andrew Mitchell,
Australian Museum)
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| Earthenware Tuft-moth (formerly known as Celama ceramota) NOLINAE, NOLIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Andrew Mitchell,
Australian Museum)
The adult moth of this species has brown forewings, each with some pale areas, including a large pale area by the wingtip. The forewings each have two vague dark oval spots, and an dog-leg dark line across the middle. The hindwings are pale fawn, darkening toward the wingtips. The moth has a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.
This species is found in:
Further reading :
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: part 2,
Tiger Moths and their Allies - Noctuoidea (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 32-33.
A. Jefferis Turner,
A revision of the Australian Nolidae,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 55 (1944), p. 33, No. 46.
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(written 27 May 2018, updated 8 April 2024)