EREBINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
The adult moth of this species is fawn with an orange line parallel to the margin of each forewing, and a broad dark edge to each hindwing. The moth also appears to have a black collar around the head. The wingspan is about 4 cms.
The male moth is unusual in having a bend and a swelling on each antenna about a quarter of the way along.
The species has been found in :
and in Australia, including
Further reading :
Thomas P. Lucas,
Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera, with additional localities for known species,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 8 (1894), pp. 143-144.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 148.
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(updated 23 July 2012, 27 July 2021)