Diceratucha xenopis (Lower, 1902)
Small Stub Moth
 (previously known as Oenone xenopis)
OENOSANDRIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Diceratucha xenopis
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

These moths have dark speckly grey forewings, each with two often indistinct orange spots. The hindwings are pale grey. The moths have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.

Diceratucha xenopis
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriot, Moths of Victoria - Part 2)

The species has been found in the southern half of inland Australia, including:

  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 2,,
    Tiger Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (A)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 6-7.

    Oswald B. Lower,
    Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 26 (1902), p. 227.

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    (updated 21 December 2009, 11 October 2025)