Elegant Tuft-moth (previously known as Celama tholera) 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 a dark-edged pale submarginal band on 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 :
Further reading :
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 2,
Tiger Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 32-33.
A. Jefferis Turner,
New and Little known Tasmanian Lepidoptera,
courtesy of the
Library Open Repository, University of Tasmania Library,
Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania,
1925, p. 113.
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(updated 1 March 2011)