but has also been found on

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

This adult moth has variable reddish brown forewings, each with variable dark markings including a vague dark spot in the middle.

(Photo: courtesy of JohnBundock, Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory)

The hindwings are pale yellow with a wide black border. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The species has been found in

and all over Australia, including

underside
(Photo: copyright of Uwe Path, Alice Springs, Northern Territory)

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 469.

Peter B. McQuillan, Jan A. Forrest, David Keane, & Roger Grund,
Caterpillars, moths, and their plants of Southern Australia,
Butterfly Conservation South Australia Inc., Adelaide (2019), pp. 168-169.

Peter Marriott & Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria - Part 9,
Cutworms and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2020, pp. 32-35.

Marcus Matthews,
Heliothine Moths of Australia:
A Guide to Pest Bollworms and Related Noctuid Groups,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1999, pp. 99-102, 179-181, 200-201, Plates 11.9-11.20, 15.2, 19.1-19.3, 22.8, 23.7.

Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 15 (1858), pp. 1681-1682, pg. 215.

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(updated 15 April 2013, 8 February 2025)