| (previously known as Thalpochares roseana) BOLETOBIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Trevor Jinks, North Burnett, Queensland)
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| (previously known as Thalpochares roseana) BOLETOBIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Trevor Jinks, North Burnett, Queensland)
The adult moth has pale brown forewings each with two darker submarginal brown lines containing a triangular pink area. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.
The natural posture is unusual: the moth likes to rest head downward.
The species is found across south-east Asia, including:
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Frederic Moore,
Descriptions of new genera and species of Asiatic nocturnal Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London,
1881, p. 370.
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(updated 25 April 2010, 7 September 2019)