Small Stub Moth (previously known as Oenone xenopis) OENOSANDRIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriot,
Moths of Victoria - Part 2)
These moths are grey, with darker speckly forewings. The moths have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.
The species is found over the southern half of inland Australia, including:
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, 31 August 2021)