Radinocera maculosus (Rothschild, 1896)
(one synonym: Cruria placodes Lower, 1903)
AGARISTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Radinocera maculosus
(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The adult moth of this species is dark brown, with white spots of various sizes on the wings. The moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.

Radinocera maculosus
underside
(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The species has been found in

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


    Further reading :

    Wesley Jenkinson,
    Moths photographed at Obum Obum,
    Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club,
    Metamorphosis Australia,
    Issue 73 (June 2014), p. 31.

    Lionel Walter Rothschild,
    New Lepidoptera,
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 3, Part 3 (1896), pp. 95-96, No. 9.


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    (updated 14 December 2000, 5 July 2024)