| (previously known as Zethes hemicyclophora) CATOCALINI, EREBINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Peter Hendry,
Sheldon, Queensland)
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| (previously known as Zethes hemicyclophora) CATOCALINI, EREBINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Peter Hendry,
Sheldon, Queensland)
The adult moths of this species have brown forewings, each crosed by some dark wiggly lines. There sometimes are some dark patches and/or a dumbell-shaped white spot between the first pair, and sometimes a pair of black spots between the second pair. The forewing margins are doubly recurved. The hindwings are brown with a pattern of dark markings. The wingspan is about 6 cms.
They have been found in Australia in
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 68 (1944), p. 15.
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(written 15 October 2013, updated 19 January 2026)