Calophasidia cana (Turner, 1939)
 (formerly known as Alophosoma cana)
ACRONICTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Stella Crossley

Calophasidia cana
(Photo: courtesy of Simon Ong, Kununurra, Western Australia)

The adult moth of this species has grey forewings each with dark markings on the costa by the wing-tip, and by the tornus. The hindwings are off-white shading to grey at the margins. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Lepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 50 (1939), p. 147.

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    (written 1 February 2026)