| Neat Tuft-moth (previously known as Sorocostia paroxynta) NOLINAE, NOLIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Dianne Clarke,
Jerrabomberra, New South Wales)
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| Neat Tuft-moth (previously known as Sorocostia paroxynta) NOLINAE, NOLIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Dianne Clarke,
Jerrabomberra, New South Wales)
The adult moth of this species is fawn with a a complex pattern of brown and black markings on the forewings. The hindwings are plain pale grey, darkening toward the wingtips. It has a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.
The species has been 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), p. 719, No. 42.
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(updated 6 July 2013, 7 April 2024)