Alophosoma syngenes Turner, 1929 CATOCALINI,   EREBINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species is a variable blotchy brown. The hindwings and underside are plain brown, fading toward the bases. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

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

The species has been found in

Queensland.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 53 (1929), p. 302.

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(written 16 July 2012, updated 11 January 2013)