Heliocheilus moribunda (Guenee, 1852)
(previously known as : Melicleptria moribunda)
HELIOTHINAENOCTUIDAE

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

(updated 17 October 2008)


(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville)

The adult moth of this species is brown in colour, with a sometimes faint white stripe along each forewing. The wingspan is about 3 cms.


Illustration 20 Plate LVII , Hampson 1903-1913,
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The species occurs in:

  • New South Wales,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland, and
  • Western Australia.


    Further reading :

    Marcus Matthews,
    Heliothine Moths of Australia: A Guide to Pest Bollworms and Related Noctuid Groups, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1999.


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