Heliocheilus aleurota (Lower, 1902)
(previuously known as : Melicleptria aleurota)
HELIOTHINAE, NOCTUIDAE

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

(updated 22 February 2005)


Illustration 21, Plate LVII, Hampson 1903-1913,
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The adult moth is brown with a pale stripe on each fore wing. 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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