Clytophylla artia Turner, 1929 Green Moth CHLOEPHORINAE,   NOLIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA,

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

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

The moths of this species have green forewings, each with two small dark-edged white spots near the middle, a narrow white line along the costa, and irregular margins with brown edges.

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

The hindwings are plain white. The head is white, and the thorax green. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of the Australian Noctuidae,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 53 (1929), p. 300.

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(written 9 December 2024)