Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 14 August 2008)
Illustration 6, Plate CCXXIII, Hampson 1903-1913,
(Courtesy of
Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)
The adult moth of this species is reddish brown, each forewing having a broad dark wavy band across each forewing near the base, and a dark mark extending from the costa to the cell ending in a hook shape, each outlined in pale brown. Each hindwing is plain except for a narrow pale secant across the tornus The moth has a wingspan of about 4 cms.
The species is found in New Guinea and Cape York, Australia.
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