Chasmina tibialis (Fabricius, 1775)
Snowy Noctuid
 (one synonym : Leocyma dianae Guenée, 1852)
ACRONICTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The Caterpillar of this species fedds on various plants in MALVACEAE such as

  • Christmas Kurrajong ( Commersonia bartramia ),
  • Crossberry ( Grewia occidentalis ), and
  • Coastal Hibiscus ( Hibiscus tilaceus ).


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

    The adult moth is satin-white. The moth species has been found in Africa and Asia and the south Pacific, including

  • Cook Islands,
  • India,
  • Malawi,
  • Mozambique,
  • New Guinea,

    and in Australia in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • South Australia.


    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Aila Keto, Springbrook, Queensland)

    The classification of this species into AMPHIPYRINAE or ACRONICTINAE controversial.

    Further reading:

    Johan Christian Fabricius,
    Sistens insectorvm classes,
    Systema Entomologiae,
    (1775), p. 578.

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    (written 20 February 2015, updated 1 October 2025)