Burgena varia

Burgena varia (Walker, 1854)
(formerly known as Damias varia)
AGARISTINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Burgena varia
(Photo: courtesy of Greg Tasney, Kingsholme, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have dark brown forewings, each with three white spots.

(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The hindwings are each yellow with a broad brown margin. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.

underside
(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The species is found in

New Guinea,

and in Australia in

Queensland, and

New South Wales.

mating pair
(Photo: courtesy of Marie Tarrant, Mount Glorious, Queensland)

A similar species of the same name occurs in Guyana, but has yellow spots instead of white on the forewings, and red instead of yellow on the hindwings.

( Guyana, 2002)

Further reading :

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 122.

Francis Walker,
Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 1 (1854), p. 15, No. 4.

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 37.

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(updated 19 October 2010, 15 June 2022)