Thriponea melanograpta (Turner, 1920)
(formerly known as Barasa melanograpta)
SARROTHRIPINI,   NOLIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Thriponea melanograpta
(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.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

  • Western Australia, and
  • Northern Territory.


    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)