(previously known as Isopteryx canescens) BOLETOBIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species is pale brown, with dark indistinct spots and zigzag lines on each wing. The moth has a wingspan of about 1 cm.
The species is found in Australia in
and curiously has also been reported in
Further reading :
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 34, Supplement 4 (1866), p. 1318.
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(written 13 July 2012, updated 3 June 2023)