Avatha novoguineana (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
(also known as : Hypaetra novaguineana)
CATOCALINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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


(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The adult moth of this species is brown, each forewing having a broad dark wavy band 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.


Illustration 6 ,   Plate CCXXIII of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The species is found in

  • New Guinea,
    and in Australia in:
  • Queensland.

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    (updated 7 August 2011)