Thoracolopha atmoscopa (Lower, 1902)
Streaked Noctuid
 (formerly known as Proteuxoa atmoscopa)
ACRONICTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Thoracolopha atmoscopa
(Photo: courtesy of Ray Turnbull, Yaapeet, Victoria)

The adult moth of this species has streaky brown and grey forewings each with variable dark markings including a dark crescent around a pale spot. The hindwings are pale brown. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    Oswald B. Lower,
    Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 26 (1902), p. 223.

    Peter Marriott & Marilyn Hewish,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 9,
    Cutworms and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (C)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2020, pp. 22-23.

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    (written 8 January 2021, updated 24 January 2023)