Blotched Noctuid (also known as Prometopus passalota Turner, 1909) ACRONICTINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Riverglades, South Australia)
The forewings of the adult moth each have a pattern of light and dark brown, including a pale streak along the costa, and one tiny and one large subcostal off-white spots. The hindwings are pale brown, fading toward the bases, with dark veins. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species occurs in Australia, including:
Further reading:
George F. Hampson,
Noctuidae,
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
Volume 8 (1909), p. 376, No. 4033, and also
Plate CXXXI, figure 13.
Peter Marriott & Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria - Part 9,
Cutworms and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2020, pp. 16-17.
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera belonging to the family Noctuidae,
Proceedings of The Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 34 (1909), p. 342.
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(updated 22 October 2011, 22 August 2019, 13 May 2020)