Coenotoca unimacula (Lower, 1903)
(formerly known as Argyrolepidia unimacula)
AGARISTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Coenotoca unimacula
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are black, with a white bar across each forewing, and a large white spot in the middle of each hindwing. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

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

The species is found in Australia in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Oswald B. Lower,
    Descriptions of new Australian Noctuina etc.,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 27 (1903), p. 29-30.


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    (written 19 July 2015, updated 12 March 2019)