(one synonym: Euplexia chloeropis Turner, 1904) ACRONICTINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Dianne Clarke,
Maleny, Queensland)
The forewings of the adult moth have a pattern of green, and light and dark brown, including a small pale area by each wingtip. The hindwings are dark brown, fading toward the bases, with dark veins. The wingspan is about 4 cms.
The species occurs in Australia, including:
Further reading :
George Francis Hampson,
Catalogue of Noctuidae in the British Museum,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
Volume 7 (1908), p. 20, No. 2748, and also
Plate 108, fig. 9.
A. Jefferis Turner,
New genera and species of Lepidoptera belonging to the family Noctuidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 27 (1902), p. 85.
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(updated 22 October 2011, 13 May 2024)