Dermaleipa metaxantha Hampson, 1913
(one synonym:
Noctua microrrhoea Fabricius, 1775)
CATOCALINAE ,
NOCTUIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 14 August 2008)
Illustration 1, Plate CCXII, Hampson 1903-1913,
(Courtesy of
Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)
The adult moths of this species have an orange body and
plain pale orange forewings.
The hindwings are each yellow with a broad scalloped black margin,
a black patch near the centre, and a hairy orange inner margin.
The species occurs in northern Australia.
