Hypena pelodes Turner, 1932 HYPENINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Lamington National Park, Queensland)

The adult moth has brown blotchy forewings, and plain brown hindwings. The forewing tips are recurved. The moth also has long labial palps which it holds porrect like a beak. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Lamington National Park, Queensland)

The species is found in :

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 56 (1932), p. 186.

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(written 21 July 2015)