Athetis striolata (Butler, 1866)
 (previously known as Caradrina striolata)
ACRONICTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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Stella Crossley

Athetis striolata
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has grey-brown forewings each with a faint pattern including two dark marks near the middle. The hindwings are off-white with dark veins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Athetis striolata
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

  • Fiji,

    and in Australia in

  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Athetis striolata
    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

    Further reading :

    Arthur G. Butler,
    Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from the Australian region,
    Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
    1886, Part 4, p. 393, No. 19.

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    (updated 1 July 2010, 1 March 2019, 30 August 2021)