Austrocarea iocephala (Turner, 1902)
(one synonym: Maurilia millsi)
CHLOEPHORINAENOCTUIDAE

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

(updated 15 August 2008)


Norfolk Island 1976

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings each with a number of dark lines, and with a dark splodge near the middle. The hindwings are fawn, darkening toward the margin.


male
Illustration 19, Plate CLXXXIX, Hampson 1903-1913,
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The species is found in :

  • New South Wales, and
  • Norfolk Island.

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