(previously known as Celama eucolpa) Grained Tuft-moth NOLINAE, NOLIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 2)
The adult moth of this species has grey forewings each with arcs of dark spots. The hindwings are pale grey/brown, fading to white at the bases. The moths have unusually long labial palps. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in:
Further reading
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 2,
Tiger Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009.
A. Jefferis Turner,
A revision of the Australian Nolidae (Lepidoptera),
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 55 (1944), p. 29, No. 36.
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(written 27 January 2017, updated 26 May 2018, 8 October 2020)