Variable Hookwing (formerly known as Zethes conscripta) BOLETOBIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan,
Imbil, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species has grey patterned wings, with a dark mark near the middle of the hind-margin of each forewing. The forewing margins have a wave shape. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species occurs in Australia in
Further reading :
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 26-27.
Thomas P. Lucas,
(written 21 September 2018, updated 8 September 2023)
On 34 new species of Australian Lepidoptera, with additional localities, &c.,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 8, Part 3 (1892), p. 88.
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