| (previously known as Crioa leptochroma) ELIGMINAE, NOLIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
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| (previously known as Crioa leptochroma) ELIGMINAE, NOLIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
The adult moth has grey or brown patterned forewings, each with concentric outlines of a circle near the middle. The hindwings are yellow with broad brown margins. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in
Some taxonomists place this species in the genus Plotheia'
Further reading :
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 170.
A. Jefferis Turner,
New genera and species of Lepidoptera belonging to the family Noctuidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 27 (1902), pp. 96-97.
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(written 21 September 2012, updated 14 December 2024)