(formerly known as Adisura ionola) HELIOTHINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Andrew Mitchell,
Australian Museum)
The adult moth is rusty brown with one or more off-white stripes on each forewing. The hindwings are off-white with a vague dark mark near the middle, and a broad dark margin. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
This species has been taken in
Further reading :
Marcus Matthews,
Heliothine Moths of Australia:
A Guide to Pest Bollworms and Related Noctuid Groups,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1999, pp. 74-75, 167-168, 198, Plate 9.
Charles Swinhoe,
New and little known moths from India and Australia,
The Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
Series 7, Volume 8 (1901), p. 128.
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(updated 7 August 2011, 12 April 2021)