(previously known as Oenone xenopis) OENOSANDRIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Urliup Wildlife Sanctuary, Mount Warning, New South Wales)
These moths are greyish brown. The forewings each have a pale mark near the middle, and a number of submarginal jagged lines, which often include a dark zone between two such lines near the base. The hinwings are pale grey-brown, with broad dark margins. The wingspan is about 5 cms.
The species has been found over the southern half of Australia, including:
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
Lepidopterological gleanings,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 29 (1917), p. 74.
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(written 5 November 2016)