Mataeomera mesotaenia (Turner, 1929)
Large Scale-moth
 (previously known as Catoblemma mesotaenia)
ACONTIINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Mataeomera mesotaenia
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moth of this species has fawn wings, with a submarginal arc of dark spots, and broad bands of various shades across each wing, including a broad pale submarginal band across each forewing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Mataeomera mesotaenia
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Mataeomera mesotaenia
    underside
    (Photo: copyright of Brett and Marie Smith, at Ellura Sanctuary, South Australia)

    Further reading :

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
    Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 28-29.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 53 (1929), p. 297.

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    (updated 8 February 2010, 18 April 2017, 8 September 2019, 13 November 2020, 11 March 2021)