Characoma vallata (Meyrick, 1902)
 (also known as Garella vallata)
SARROTHRIPINAE,   NOLIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moth is buff and grey, with a complex pattern of markings on each forewing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.


(Photo: courtesy of Simon Ong, Kununurra, Western Australia)

The species occurs in Australia in:

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.


    (Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
    1902, p. 47.

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    (updated 26 January 2010, 25 November 2021)