(previously known as Clupeosoma mimetica) ODONTIINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
The adult moths of this species have pale yellow wings each with a broad dark brown band along the margin which can shade to orange with a dark outline near the wingtip. Each forewing also has a dark blue line along the costa with several diminishing spots along its length, and also a dark spot half way along the hind margin The wingspan is about 2 cms.
This species has been found in
Further reading
Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptions of New Australian Noctuina, etc.,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 27 (1903), pp. 65-66.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 26 April 2015)