Nycteola polycyma (Turner, 1899)
(one synonym: Sarrothripus crystallites)
SARROTHRIPINAE ,   NOLIDAE

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


Illustration 14,   Plate CLXXXI of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The adult moth has grey fore wings with a wavy light and dark pattern, and white hind wings fading to dark brown at the margins. This specimen was taken in Queensland, Australia.


Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 459.


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(updated 7 August 2011)