Aiteta iridias (Meyrick, 1889)
(one synonym: Aiteta elaina)
CHLOEPHORINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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

(updated 4 March 2009)

Aiteta iridias
female
Illustration 3, Plate CLXXXVIII, Hampson 1903-1913,
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The adult moths of this species are brown with of dark diagonal lines across each forewing.

Aiteta iridias
male
Illustration 4, Plate CLXXXVIII, Hampson 1903-1913,
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The species has been found in

  • New Guinea,
  • Northern Territory, and
  • .


    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 458.


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