Cruria epicharita Turner, 1911 (one synonym : Cruria epicharta Poole, 1989) AGARISTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth of this species has black forewings, each with a variety of white splotches. The hindwings are white with broad black margins. The abdomen is banded in black and yellow. The wingspan is about 6 cms.

The species is found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Annals of the Queensland Museum,
Volume 10 (1911), pp. 59-60.

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(written 21 December 2018)