Nola desmotes (Turner, 1899)
(previously known as Sorocostia desmotes)
NOLINAE,   NOLIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Nola desmotes
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has forewings with an indistinct wavy pattern of shades of grey and brown. The hindwings are pale brown, fading to white at the base. The moth has a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in:

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Norfolk Island.


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Australian Lepidoptera of the group Geometrites,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 23 (1899), pp. 15-16.


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    (written 17 November 2012, updated 14 August 2019, 13 February 2021)