Thriponea melanograpta (Turner, 1920) (formerly known as Barasa melanograpta) SARROTHRIPINI,   NOLIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Koch, Cox Peninsula, Northern Territory)

The adult moth has white forewings, each with various black smufdges and markings, including a pair black wiggly tranverse lines forming a letter V shape. The hindwings are off white, with dark veins at the margins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in Australia in

Northern Territory.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of the Australian Noctuidae,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 44 (1920), pp. 180-181.

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(written 29 August 2023)