Lophoptera abbreviata Walker, 1865
 STICTOPTERINAE,   EUTELIIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Lophoptera abbreviata
female
(Photo: courtesy of Aila Keto, Springbrook, Queensland)

The adult moth has brown forewings with zig-zag patterns. The hindwings are dark brown, with white patches. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

Lophoptera abbreviata
male
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The females have a white patch near the middle of each forewing. The males have no white patches on the forewings.

Lophoptera abbreviata
female, underside
(Photo: courtesy of Aila Keto, Springbrook, Queensland)

The species has been found in

  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Lophoptera abbreviata
    male, drawing by George Francis Hampson,
    Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum,
    Noctuidæ, Volume XI (1912), Plate CLXXVIII, figure 21,
    image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University.

    Further reading :

    George Francis Hampson,
    Catalogue of Noctuidae in the British Museum,
    Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
    Volume 11 (1912), p. 180, No. 6413, and also Plate 178, fig. 21.

    Francis Walker,
    Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 33, Supplement part 3 (1865), p. 921.

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    (updated 5 August 2012, 16 November 2019)