Gallaba dysthyma Turner, 1931 NOTODONTINAE,   NOTODONTIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

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

The adult moth of this species has greyish brown forewings, each with a vague complex patern, including a dark spot near the middle. The hindwings are pale brown, darkening toward the margins. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

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

The species is found in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Supplementary,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 56 (1931), p. 332.

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(written 24 December 2018, 30 January 2021)