(previously known as Pisara bifascialis) NOLINAE, NOLIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species has off-white forewings with a variable number of black and brown spots of various sizes. The hindwings are pale brown, fading to white at the base, each with a dark spot near the middle. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species has been found in
and in Australia in:
Further reading :
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 31, Supplement part 1 (1865), p. 244.
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(written 2 November 2014, updated 10 June 2020)