| (one synonym is Cosmophila angulata Bethune-Baker, 1906) SCOLIOPTERYGINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson,
Kuranda, Queensland)
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| (one synonym is Cosmophila angulata Bethune-Baker, 1906) SCOLIOPTERYGINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson,
Kuranda, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species is pale brown, with a number of darker submarginal lines on the forewings. The forewing margins have a well developed cusp at the midway point. The hindwings are plain pale brown. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in
The adult moths look remarkably like those of Anomis psamathodes.
Further reading :
Thomas P. Lucas,
Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera, with additional localities for known species,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 8 (1894), p. 146.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 125.
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(updated 11 March 2010, 23 August 2023)