Eligma orthoxantha Lower, 1903 CHLOEPHORINAE,   NOLIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA,

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

(Photo: courtesy of Dianne Clarke, Maleny, Queensland)

The adult moths have grey forewings, each with pale patches, and dark spots, especially in an arc around the margin. The hindwings are dark grey, each with a yellow stripe along the hind margin. The wingspan is about 5 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptions of New Australian Noctuina, etc.,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 27 (1903), p. 27.

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(written 16 April 2019, updated 20 May 2020)