Agrotis poliotis (Hampson, 1903)
(one synonym : Euxoa perfusa)
NOCTUINAENOCTUIDAE

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

(updated 21 October 2008)


(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville)

The adult moth has brown forewings with complex markings. The hind wings are buff coloured. The wingspan is about 3 cms.


Illustration number 22, in Plate LX of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The species occurs in

  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland, Australia.


    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 43.


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