Heart-spots (previously known as Eublemma nigridiscata) ACONTIINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks,
Townsville, Queensland)
This adult moth has brown forewings with a dark triangular mark near the middle of each one, and a wide pale margin. The hindwings are plain brown. The moth has a wing span of about 1.5 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further reading :
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 28-29.
Charles Swinhoe,
New genera and species of eastern and Australian moths,
The Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
Series 7, Volume 7 (1901), pp. 471-472.
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(written 24 November 2012, updated 8 September 2019, 28 August 2020)