(previously known as Roeselia atrinota) NOLINAE, NOLIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
The adult moth of this species has forewings which are a patchy brown with a large darker area near each wingtip. The hindwings are a more uniform brown, shading darker toward the margins. It has a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.
The species has been found in
and in Australia in
Further reading :
George F. Hampson,
Descriptions of new genera and species of Syntomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae, and Noctuidae,
Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
Series 8, Volume 8 (1911), p. 400, No. 151.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 171.
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(updated 1 March 2011, 14 August 2019)