Characoma curiosa (Swinhoe, 1890) (previously known as Selepta curiosa) SARROTHRIPINAE,   NOLIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has forewings that are purplish grey, each with brown markings near the base and near the apex. The thorax and head are brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, listed as Garella curiosa)

The species occurs in south-east Asia, including

Burma,

and in Australia in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Charles Swinhoe,
The moths of Burma: Part II,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1890, p. 235, No. 374.

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(updated 26 January 2010)