| (one synonym : Ophiusa anfractuosa Boisduval, 1833) Triangle Owlet EREBINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian Common, from
Moths of Australia)
|
| (one synonym : Ophiusa anfractuosa Boisduval, 1833) Triangle Owlet EREBINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian Common, from
Moths of Australia)
The Caterpillars of this species are initially green becoming yellow as they mature, with purplish-brown lines alog the body. They only have two pairs of prolegs. The caterpillars have been found feeding on various plants including
The adult moth has brown forewings each with two dark triangles outlined in white, and has plain brown hindwings. It has a wingspan of about 3 cms.
The species may be found from Africa through Asia to the south Pacific, in :
as well as Australia in :
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 46.5, pl. 32.1, p. 452.
Pieter Cramer,
Uitlandsche kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen,
Amsterdam Baalde, Volume 3 (1782), p. 99, and also
Plate 250, fig. E.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 20-21.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 156.
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(updated 13 April 2013, 10 April 2017, 18 July 2021, 7 April 2022)