Cycota Tuft-moth (previously known as Sorocostia cycota) NOLINAE, NOLIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 2)
The adult moth of this species is grey with several jagged dark lines across each forewing. The hindwings are pale grey. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms. The sexes are similar.
This species is found in the southern half of Australia, including
The species is very variable, and may be a complex of several so-far undescribed species.
Further reading :
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: part 2,
Tiger Moths and their Allies - Noctuoidea (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 34-35.
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera I,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 1, Part 3 (1886), p. 723, No. 50.
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(updated 6 July 2013, 30 March 2024)