| STICTOPTERINAE, EUTELIIDAE, 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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| STICTOPTERINAE, EUTELIIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth of this species has dark brown forewings, each with various markings including a broad incomplete pale streak extending from the base. The hindwings are white with dark veins and broad black bands along the margins, with a translucent area at the base that has a purple iridescence. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species has been found in
and in Australia in
The adult moth of this species is superficially similar to that of Lophophotera vittigera but differs in the structure of the genitalia.
Further reading :
Jeremy Daniel Holloway,
Family Noctuidae: Subfamilies Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae. Malayan,
The Moths of Borneo,
Part 14, Nature Journal, Volume 38 (1985), p. 272.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 19 June 2020)