Donuca lanipes Moth CATOCALINAE NOCTUIDAE NOCTUOIDEA

Published November 2, 2015 | By admin

This attractive moth has a wingspan around 6cm with a dark subtle pattern including an eye spot on each forewing broken by a bold diagonal white line across each wing. Found over the north-east quarter of Australia and a new species for the Conservation Area with no common name. (Butler 1877.)

I.D. courtesy of Don Herbison-Evans further reference: http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/cato/lanipes.html