Corgatha pleuroplaca Turner, 1936 BOLETOBIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Boxwood Hill, Western Australia)

The adult moth of this species has patchy black, white, and brown wings, with a pale winding line from near wingtip to near the tornus on each forewing. The forewing margins are doubly recurved with a rounded cusp. The wingspan is about 1.7 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

Western Australia.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 47 (1936), p. 35.

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(written 13 May 2021)