Mythimna semicana (Pagenstecher, 1900) (previously known as Leucania semicana) HADENINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

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

The adult moths of this species have a brown forewings. The hindwings are brown fading to white at the base. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

drawing by Arnold Pagenstecher, listed as Leucania semicana,
Die Lepidopterenfauna des Bismarck-Archipels, Teil II, Die Nachtfalter, Zoologica,
Volume 12, Part 29 (1900), Plate II, fig. 37.

The species has been found in Australia in

New South Wales.

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Further reading:

Arnold Pagenstecher,
Die Lepidopterenfauna des Bismarck-Archipels, Teil II, Die Nachtfalter,
Zoologica,
Volume 12, Part 29 (1900), p. 75, No. 132, and also Plate II, fig. 37.

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(written 1 December 2012, updated 2 September 2025)