(previously known as Pronophora grammatistis) Pale Snout HYPENINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
The adult moth is pale brown with several indistinct dark lines along each forewing. The hindwings are pale brown, darkening toward the margins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading:
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 8-9.
Edward Meyrick,
New Lepidoptera From Australia and New Zealand,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1897, Part 4, p. 374.
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(written 2 December 2012, updated 17 August 2019, 6 April 2021)