Donuca xanthopyga (Turner, 1909)
(previously known as : Calliodes xanthopyga)
CATOCALINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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


(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The adult moths of this species have brown patterned wings, with an orange on the thorax and in the area around the base of each wing, a brown Greek letter theta on each forewing, and a wiggly-edged white stripe across each wing. The last four segments of the abdomen are yellow.


Illustration 11 in Plate CCXX of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The species is found in

  • Queensland.

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    (updated 12 October 2011)