| (one synonym : Ariolica signata Walker 1963) CHLOEPHORINAE, NOLIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA, | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, listed as Negeta signata, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
The adult moths have brown forewings, each with a half-moon pale spot near the wing-tip, and a variable black and/or white spot near the middle. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species is found in south-east Asia, including:
and also in Australia in:
Further reading:
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 169, listed as Negeta signata.
Francis Walker,
Geometrites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 24 (1862), p. 1105.
Francis Walker,
On Heterocerous Lepidoptera Collected Sarawak,
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,
Volume 7 (1863), p. 54.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(updated 5 April 2011, 13 February 2015)