Polypogon fractalis (Guenée, 1854) (also known as Hipoepa fractalis) HERMINIINAE EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Mission Beach, Queensland)

The forewings of the adult moth are brown, and each has a vague broad dark band across the middle beside a central white comma mark. The forewings each have recurved margins with a cusp in the middle. The hindwings are plain brown with vague dark bands. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

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

The species has beens found in south east Asia, including

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Achille Guenée,
Deltoïdes et Pyralites,
in Boisduval & Guenée :
Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 8 (1854), p. 60, No. 70.

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(updated 5 August 2012, 26 August 2020)