Ericeia goniosema Hampson, 1922
EREBINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

This adult moth of has variable brown patterned wings. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

The species has been found in

  • New Guinea,

    and also Australia in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    George F. Hampson,
    Four apparently new Noctuidae,
    Bulletin of the Hill Museum (Witley),
    Volume 1, Part 2 (1922), pp. 190-191.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 135.


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    (written 24 April 2012, updated 24 November 2024)