Varied Hookwing (one synonym is Nacerasa nana Walker, 1866) CATOCALINI, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern,
Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)
The adult moth of this species has brown wings with a specific pattern of wavy lines and dots in variable colours. The forewings have doubly recurved margins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 24-25, 28-29.
Francis Walker,
Geometrites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 26 (1863), p. 1759.
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(updated 13 July 2012, 1 May 2018, 5 October 2019, 19 May 2020)