Nola eurrhyncha (Turner, 1944)
Well-beaked Tuft-moth
 (previously known as Celama eurrhyncha)
NOLINAE,   NOLIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Nola eurrhyncha
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish, Moths of Victoria: Part 2)

The adult moth of this species is grey with several irregular dark lines across each forewing. The hindwings are pale fawn. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms. The sexes are similar.

Nola eurrhyncha
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 2)

This species has been found in:

  • Victoria, and
  • South Australia.

    Nola eurrhyncha
    underside
    (Photo: copyright of Brett and Marie Smith at Ellura Sanctuary, South Australia)

    Further reading :

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria: part 2,
    Tiger Moths and their Allies - Noctuoidea (A)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 34-35.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    A revision of the Australian Nolidae,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 55 (1944), p. 32, No. 44.

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    (updated 6 July 2013, 29 April 2018)