Pheressaces cycnoptera (Lower, 1894) (formerly known as Notodonta cycnoptera) NOTODONTINAE,   NOTODONTIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

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

The adult moths are grey, with forewings that have patterns of zigzag pale and dark lines. The hindwings are off-white with grey wingtips. The wingspan is about 5 cms.

The species is found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Oswald B. Lower,
New Australian Heterocera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 18 (1894), p. 78.

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(written 19 December 2018)