Plecoptera quaesita (Swinhoe,, 1885) (formerly known as Remigia quaesita) ANOBINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

digitally repaired
(Photo: courtesy of Dominic Funnell, Iron Range, Queensland)

The adult moths have brown forewings with vague dark bands and dark dots. The hindwings are plain brown shading darker at the margins. The head and collar are a paler brown. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species is found across Asia, including:

Queensland.

drawing by Charles Swinhoe, listed as Remigia quaesita,
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1885, Plate XXVII, fig. 8,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library,
digitized by Natural History Museum Library, London.

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Further reading :

Charles Swinhoe,
On the Lepidoptera of Bombay and the Deccan,
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London,
1885, p. 468, No. 169, and also Plate 27, fig. 8.

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(written 14 September 2023)