Gallaba basinipha Turner, 1931
Alpine Gallaba
NOTODONTINAE,   NOTODONTIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Gallaba basinipha
(Photo: courtesy of Naomi, Falls Creek, Victoria)

The adult moth of this species has grey forewings, each with tiny white mark at the base. The hindwings are pale grey. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

Gallaba basinipha
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: part 2)

The species is found in

  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.


    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria: part 2,
    Tiger Moths and their Allies - Noctuoidea (A)
    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 12-13.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Supplementary,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 56 (1931), p. 331.


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    (updated 7 April 2013, 22 September 2022)