Elusa ceneusalis Walker, 1859
 (one synonym : Plusia invicta Walker, 1863)
HADENINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The forewings of this species are shades of brown, with a pale figure 8 near the middle. The hindwings are plain brown. The forewings each have a concave hind-margin. The antennae each have a bunch of scales halfway along. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.


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

The species is found in

  • Borneo, and
  • Philippines,

    as well as in Australia in:

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 160.

    Francis Walker,
    Deltoides,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 16 (1859), p. 202, No. 1.

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    (created 26 November 2011)