Nola phaeogramma (Turner, 1944)
Inscribed Tuft-moth
(previously known as Celama phaeogramma)
NOLINAE,   NOLIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Nola phaeogramma
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moth of this species has fawn forewings with a pattern of zigzag lines. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

Nola phaeogramma
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 2)

The species has been found in :

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory, and
  • Victoria.


    Further reading :

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria: part 2,
    Tiger Moths and their Allies - Noctuoidea (A)
    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 34-35.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    A revision of the Australian Nolidae,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 55 (1944), pp. 31-32, No. 43.


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    (updated 9 July 2009, 29 April 2018)