Trigonistis demonias Meyrick, 1902
 (one synonym is Tipasa macrobela Turner, 1902)
Long-snouted Moth
HYPENODINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Cathy Powers, Anakie, Victoria)

The adult moth of this species has variable spotty fawn forewings each with a small pair of black and white spots near the middle. The hindwings are plain pale brown. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.


(Photo: courtesy of Cathy Powers, Anakie, Victoria)

The species has been found in Australia in:

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria, and
  • Tasmania.


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

    Further reading :

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
    Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, p. 5.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
    1902, pp. 39-40.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New genera and species of Lepidoptera belonging to the family Noctuidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 27 (1902), pp. 126-127.

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    (written 2 February 2017, updated 8 September 2023)