Pink-barred Eublemma (one synonym : Micra derogata Walker, 1858) BOLETOBIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
This Caterpillar has been found feeding on :
The adult moth has pale brown forewings each with two darker submarginal brown lines often containing a pink area, and sometimes a pale splodge near the tornus. The head is white and the eyes are black. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
Like many Eublemma species, the adult moths are inclined to face downward when resting.
The species is found over much of the eastern hemisphere, including:
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Achille Guenée,
Noctuélites II,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 6 (1852), p. 245, No. 1035.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 24-25, 26-27.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 114.
Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths,
CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 188.
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(updated 17 January 2011, 4 December 2017, 17 August 2020)