Nola amorpha (Turner, 1944) (previously known as Celama amorpha) NOLINAE,   NOLIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, West Pingelly, Western Australia)

The adult moth of this species has grey forewings, each with an array of parallel dark brown lines along the margin, a vague dark mark near the middle, and some dark marks on the costa. The hindwings are off-white shading to fawn at the wingtips. The moth has a wingspan of about 1.7 cms.

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

This species has been found in

Western Australia.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
A revision of the Australian Nolidae,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 55 (1944), p. 25, No. 27.

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(written 9 June 2019, updated 5 June 2026)