Bastilla hicanora (Turner, 1903) (formerly known as Thyas hicanora) EREBINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Trevor & Carol Deane, Tallowwood Ridge, New South Wales)

The adult moth of this species has brown forewings, each with a broad dark transverse band. The hindwings are each dark brown, each with a narrow white sinuous transverse band, a frilly white extension to part of the margin. The wingspan is about 5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Trevor & Carol Deane, Dorrigo, New South Wales)

The species has been found in Australia in

New South Wales.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera, with synonymic and other notes. Noctuidae. ,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 27 (1903), p. 9.

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(updated 10 March 2010, 30 October 2025)