Heliocheilus osmidus Swinhoe, 1901
(one synonym: Melicleptria osmida)
HELIOTHINAENOCTUIDAE

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

(updated 22 February 2005)


Illustration 17, Plate LVII, Hampson 1903-1913,
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The adult moth has brown forewings with a white diagonal stripe on each one, and buff hindwings. This specimen was taken in 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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