(formerly known as Ariathisa ebenodes) ACRONICTINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Peter Marriott, near Gisborne, Victoria)
The adult moth of this species has brown forewings each with one or more black arrow marks, one interrupted by a white hash. The hindwings are off-white with dark veins, shading to brown at the margins. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Annals of the Queensland Museum,
Volume 10 (1911), p. 67.
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(written 3 January 2017, updated 22 August 2019)