Coenotoca unimacula (Lower, 1903) (formerly known as Argyrolepidia unimacula) AGARISTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(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.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

Queensland.

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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 15 September 2025)