(previously known as Scytrophanes amblyiodes) NOTODONTINAE, NOTODONTIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Andrew Mitchell,
Australian Museum)
The adult moth of this species are fawn or grey, with forewings that have a faint pattern of darker sinuous lines. The hindwings are paler with no pattern, even paler toward the bases, and have slightly recurved margins. The thorax has a pair of hairy dark crests. The wingspan is about 4.5 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera — Supplementary,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 56 (1931), pp. 331-332.
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(written 20 December 2018, updated 30 January 2021)