Heterallactis phlogozona (Turner, 1904)
 (previously known as Stenoscaptus phlogozona)
LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Heterallactis phlogozona
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Hendry, Bloomsbury, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings, each crossed by a wide yellow band, and with a yellow margin. The hindwings are off-white. The thorax is dull purple. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

Heterallactis phlogozona
female
(Photo: courtesy of Dave Britton, Australian Museum)

The species has been found in:

  • Papua,

    as well as in Australia in:

  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Graham McDonald,
    Moths of Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park,
    Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club,
    Metamorphosis Australia,
    Issue 76 (March 2015), p. 9, fig. 3.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Lepidoptera, with synonymic notes and other notes,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 28 (1904), p. 212.

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    (updated 12 April 2011, 23 June 2025)