(previously known as Luperina ditata) ACRONICTINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Wesley Jenkinson,
Beaudesert, Queensland)
The forewings of the adult moth have greyish brown forewings, each with a complex pattern including a wide pale area along the margin. The hindwings are dark brown with pale yellowish bases. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.
The species has been found in :
Further reading :
George Francis Hampson,
Catalogue of Noctuidae in the British Museum,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
Volume 7 (1908), pp. 678-679, No. 3576, and also
Plate 123, fig. 15.
Thomas P. Lucas,
On 20 new species of Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 7 (1892), p. 254.
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(updated 20 November 2011, 13 May 2024)