Leucania obusta Guenée, 1852
Robust Armyworm
 (also known as Cirphis obusta Hampson, 1905)
HADENINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Riddells Creek, Victoria)

The adult moths of this species have reddish-brown forewings, and hindwings that are dark brown fading toward the bases. The wingspan is about 4.5 cms.


male, drawing by George Francis Hampson, listed as Cirphis obusta,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum,
Noctuidæ, Volume v (1905), Plate XCI, figure 17,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University.

This species is thought to occur in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria, and
  • Tasmania.

    The genus into which this species should be placed is controversial.

    Further Reading:

    Achille Guenée,
    Noctuélites,
    in Boisduval & Guenée:
    Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
    Volume 9, Part 5, Section 1 (1852), p. 74, No. 95.

    George Francis Hampson,
    Catalogue of Noctuidae in the British Museum,
    Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
    Volume 5 (1905), pp. 479-480, No. 1830, and also Plate 91, fig. 17.

    Peter Marriott & Marilyn Hewish,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 9,
    Cutworms and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (C)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2020, pp. 26-27.

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    (updated 17 October 2011, 5 January 2017, 24 December 2020)