| Patched Tuft-moth (one synonym : Celama robusta Turner, 1944) NOLINAE, NOLIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)
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| Patched Tuft-moth (one synonym : Celama robusta Turner, 1944) NOLINAE, NOLIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species is fawn with a variety of dark spots on each forewing, including a prominent one near each apex. The hindwings are plain. The moth has a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.
The species is found in:
Further reading :
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 2,
Tiger Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 32-33.
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera I,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 1, Part 3 (1886), pp. 724-725, No. 52.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 171.
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(updated 9 May 2012, 26 May 2018, 13 February 2021)