| (formerly known as Plusia impulsa) PLUSIINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
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| (formerly known as Plusia impulsa) PLUSIINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moths of this species have brown forewings, each with a pattern like dripping dirty milk ending in a separate white drop in a wide bronze area across the middle of the wing. The hindwings are pale brown with dark veins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
This species occurs across Asia, including:
as well as in Australia in
Further reading
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 33, Supplement 3 (1865), pp. 838-839.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 9 March 2019, updated 19 January 2021)