| Patched Calathusa (formerly known as Prionophora allopis) HYPENINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish,
<Moths of Victoria - Part 8)
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| Patched Calathusa (formerly known as Prionophora allopis) HYPENINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish,
<Moths of Victoria - Part 8)
The adult moth has grey-brown forewings, each with complex markings including a vague irregular bulging dark transverse bar. The hindwings are pale grey-brown, shading to darker at the margins. Although with rounded corners, the hindwings have four sides. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading :
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 6-7.
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1902, p. 45.
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(written 15 January 2020)