Corgatha figuralis (Walker, 1866)
 (formerly known as Scopula figuralis)
BOLETOBIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Corgatha figuralis
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has brown wings, each with one zigzag and two curved pale submarginal lines. Each forewing a pale line along the costa. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in

  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 113.

    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. 1475.

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    (updated 5 August 2009, 7 November 2018, 26 August 2020)