Arrade destituta (Walker, 1865)
(previously known as Erastria destituta)
Cryptic Snout
HYPENINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Arrade destituta
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moth is brown with three white zig-zag lines across each forewing, often separating areas of different shades.

Arrade destituta
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda)

In its natural posture: the moth can display tufts of scales, on the thorax and the abdomen. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Arrade destituta
(Photo: courtesy of Joan Fearn, Moruya, New South Wales)

The species has been found in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Arrade destituta
    (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, pp. 8-9.

    Francis Walker,
    Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 33, Supplement part 3 (1865), p. 795.


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    (updated 4 May 2011, 31 March 2021)